diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-10.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-10.sgml
index f7744b344d66e8db82d2de1951ca4a24ac7ca2d5..3ea33ca58b0ff43c1f06c933caa1a8a061d519ff 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-10.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-10.sgml
@@ -47,292 +47,306 @@
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Copied here from this commit:
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-04-03 [ea69a0dea] Expand hash indexes more gradually.
--->
-<para>
-<application>pg_upgrade</>-ed hash indexes from previous major Postgres versions must be rebuilt.
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Major hash storage improvements necessitated this requirement.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2017-03-27 [3371e4d9b] Change default of log_directory to 'log'
--->
-<para>
-Change the default <link linkend="guc-log-destination">log directory</> from <filename>pg_log</> to <filename>log</> (Andreas
-Karlsson)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--<listitem>
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2016-10-20 [f82ec32ac] Rename "pg_xlog" directory to "pg_wal"
--->
-<para>
-Rename <filename>pg_xlog</> to <link linkend="wal"><filename>pg_wal</></> (Michael Paquier)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This prevents the write-ahead log directory from being confused as
-containing server activity logs, and erroneously truncated.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-02-09 [806091c96] Remove all references to "xlog" from SQL-callable functi
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-02-09 [85c11324c] Rename user-facing tools with "xlog" in the name to say
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-02-09 [62e8b3875] Rename command line options for ongoing xlog -> wal conv
-Author: Fujii Masao <fujii@postgresql.org>
-2017-02-15 [0dfa89ba2] Replace reference to "xlog-method" with "wal-method" in
--->
-<para>
-Rename <acronym>SQL</> functions, tools, and options that reference <quote>xlog</> to <quote>wal</>
-(Robert Haas)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-For example, <function>pg_switch_xlog()</> becomes <function>pg_switch_wal()</>, <application>pg_receivexlog</>
-becomes <application>pg_receivewal</>, and <option>--xlogdir</> becomes <option>--waldir</>. This might
-require adjustments for prior-version scripts.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-03-17 [88e66d193] Rename "pg_clog" directory to "pg_xact".
--->
-<para>
-Rename transaction status directory <filename>pg_clog</> directory to <filename>pg_xact</>
-(Michael Paquier)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
-2017-01-18 [69f4b9c85] Move targetlist SRF handling from expression evaluation
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-01-18 [f13a1277a] Doc: improve documentation of new SRF-in-tlist behavior.
--->
-<para>
-Allow <literal>COALESCE</> and <literal>CASE</> to return multiple rows when evaluating
-set-returning functions (Andres Freund).
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This also prevents conditionals like <literal>CASE</> from controlling the
-execution of set-returning functions because set-returning functions
-are now executed earlier.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
-2017-01-04 [9a4d51077] Make wal streaming the default mode for pg_basebackup
--->
-<para>
-Have <application><xref linkend="app-pgbasebackup"></> stream the <acronym>WAL</> needed to restore the backup by
-default (Magnus Hagander)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This changes the <application>pg_basebackup</> <option>-X</>/<option>--xlog-method</> default to <literal>stream</>.
-An option value <literal>none</> has been added to recreate the old
-behavior. The <application>pg_basebackup</> option <option>-x</> has been removed (use <option>-X</> fetch).
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2017-01-14 [05cd12ed5] pg_ctl: Change default to wait for all actions
--->
-<para>
-Make all <application><xref linkend="app-pg-ctl"></> actions wait by default for completion (Peter Eisentraut)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Previously some <application>pg_ctl</> actions didn't wait for completion, and required
-the use of <option>-w</> to do so.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
-2016-10-26 [94aceed31] Support multi-dimensional arrays in PL/python.
-Author: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
-2016-10-26 [cfd9c87a5] Only treat Python Lists as array dimensions.
--->
-<para>
-Allow multi-dimensional arrays to be passed into PL/Python functions,
-and returned as nested Python lists (Alexey Grishchenko, Dave Cramer,
-Heikki Linnakangas)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This makes a backwards-incompatible change to the handling of composite
-types in arrays. Previously, you could return an array of composite types
-as "[[col1, col2], [col1, col2]]", but now that is interpreted as a two-
-dimensional array. Composite types in arrays must now be returned as
-Python tuples, not lists, to resolve the ambiguity. I.e. "[(col1, col2),
-(col1, col2)]". See the documentation for more details. CLARIFY
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-02-27 [817f2a586] Remove PL/Tcl's "module" facility.
--->
-<para>
-Remove PL/Tcl's "module" auto-loading facility (Tom Lane)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Replaced by new PL/Tcl startup <acronym>GUC</>s.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2016-12-23 [e13486eba] Remove sql_inheritance <acronym>GUC</>.
--->
-<para>
-Remove <varname>sql_inheritance</> <acronym>GUC</> (Robert Haas)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Changing this from the default value caused queries referencing parent
-tables to not include children tables. The <acronym>SQL</> standard requires such
-behavior and this has been the default since Postgres 7.1.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-02-15 [51ee6f316] Replace min_parallel_relation_size with two new <acronym>GUC</>s.
--->
-<para>
-Add <acronym>GUC</>s <xref linkend="guc-min-parallel-table-scan-size"> and
-<xref linkend="guc-min-parallel-index-scan-size">
-to control parallel operation (Amit Kapila, Robert Haas)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This replaces <varname>min_parallel_relation_size</>, which was too generic.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2016-10-12 [64f3524e2] Remove pg_dump/pg_dumpall support for dumping from pre-8
--->
-<para>
-Remove <application>pg_dump</>/<application>pg_dumpall</> support for dumping from pre-8.0 servers (Tom
-Lane)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Users needing dump support for pre-8.0 servers need to use dump binaries
-from Postgres 9.6.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-02-23 [b6aa17e0a] De-support floating-point timestamps.
--->
-<para>
-Remove support for floating-point datetimes/timestamps (Tom Lane)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This removes configure's <option>--disable-integer-datetimes</> option.
-Floating-point datetimes/timestamps have not been the default
-since Postgres 8.3 and have few advantages.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2016-10-11 [2f1eaf87e] Drop server support for <acronym>FE/BE</> protocol version 1.0.
--->
-<para>
-Remove support for client/server protocol version 1.0 (Tom Lane)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This protocol hasn't had client support since Postgres 6.3.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-02-13 [7ada2d31f] Remove contrib/tsearch2.
--->
-<para>
-Remove contrib/tsearch2 (Robert Haas)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This removes compatibility with the contrib version of full text search
-that shipped in pre-8.3 Postgres versions.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2017-03-23 [50c956add] Remove createlang and droplang
--->
-<para>
-Remove createlang and droplang command-line applications (Peter Eisentraut)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
-2017-03-30 [5ded4bd21] Remove support for version-0 calling conventions.
--->
-<para>
-Remove support for version-0 function calling conventions (Andres
-Freund)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2016-10-11 [2b860f52e] Remove "sco" and "unixware" ports.
--->
-<para>
-Remove <systemitem class="osname">SCO</> and <systemitem class="osname">Unixware</> ports (Tom Lane)
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Copied here from this commit:
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-04-03 [ea69a0dea] Expand hash indexes more gradually.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ <application>pg_upgrade</>-ed hash indexes from previous major
+ Postgres versions must be rebuilt.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Major hash storage improvements necessitated this requirement.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2017-03-27 [3371e4d9b] Change default of log_directory to 'log'
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Change the default <link linkend="guc-log-destination">log
+ directory</> from <filename>pg_log</> to <filename>log</> (Andreas
+ Karlsson)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-10-20 [f82ec32ac] Rename "pg_xlog" directory to "pg_wal"
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Rename <filename>pg_xlog</> to <link
+ linkend="wal"><filename>pg_wal</></> (Michael Paquier)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This prevents the write-ahead log directory from being confused as
+ containing server activity logs, and erroneously truncated.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-02-09 [806091c96] Remove all references to "xlog" from SQL-callable functi
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-02-09 [85c11324c] Rename user-facing tools with "xlog" in the name to say
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-02-09 [62e8b3875] Rename command line options for ongoing xlog -> wal conv
+ Author: Fujii Masao <fujii@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-02-15 [0dfa89ba2] Replace reference to "xlog-method" with "wal-method" in
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Rename <acronym>SQL</> functions, tools, and options that reference
+ <quote>xlog</> to <quote>wal</> (Robert Haas)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ For example, <function>pg_switch_xlog()</> becomes
+ <function>pg_switch_wal()</>, <application>pg_receivexlog</>
+ becomes <application>pg_receivewal</>, and <option>--xlogdir</>
+ becomes <option>--waldir</>. This might require adjustments for
+ prior-version scripts.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-03-17 [88e66d193] Rename "pg_clog" directory to "pg_xact".
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Rename transaction status directory <filename>pg_clog</> directory
+ to <filename>pg_xact</> (Michael Paquier)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
+ 2017-01-18 [69f4b9c85] Move targetlist SRF handling from expression evaluation
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-01-18 [f13a1277a] Doc: improve documentation of new SRF-in-tlist behavior.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow <literal>COALESCE</> and <literal>CASE</> to return multiple
+ rows when evaluating set-returning functions (Andres Freund).
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This also prevents conditionals like <literal>CASE</> from
+ controlling the execution of set-returning functions because
+ set-returning functions are now executed earlier.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
+ 2017-01-04 [9a4d51077] Make wal streaming the default mode for pg_basebackup
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Have <application><xref linkend="app-pgbasebackup"></> stream the
+ <acronym>WAL</> needed to restore the backup by default (Magnus
+ Hagander)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This changes the <application>pg_basebackup</>
+ <option>-X</>/<option>--xlog-method</> default to <literal>stream</>.
+ An option value <literal>none</> has been added to recreate the old
+ behavior. The <application>pg_basebackup</> option <option>-x</>
+ has been removed (use <option>-X</> fetch).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2017-01-14 [05cd12ed5] pg_ctl: Change default to wait for all actions
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Make all <application><xref linkend="app-pg-ctl"></> actions wait
+ by default for completion (Peter Eisentraut)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Previously some <application>pg_ctl</> actions didn't wait for
+ completion, and required the use of <option>-w</> to do so.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
+ 2016-10-26 [94aceed31] Support multi-dimensional arrays in PL/python.
+ Author: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
+ 2016-10-26 [cfd9c87a5] Only treat Python Lists as array dimensions.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow multi-dimensional arrays to be passed into PL/Python functions,
+ and returned as nested Python lists (Alexey Grishchenko, Dave Cramer,
+ Heikki Linnakangas)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This makes a backwards-incompatible change to the handling of
+ composite types in arrays. Previously, you could return an array of
+ composite types as "[[col1, col2], [col1, col2]]", but now that is
+ interpreted as a two- dimensional array. Composite types in arrays
+ must now be returned as Python tuples, not lists, to resolve the
+ ambiguity. I.e. "[(col1, col2), (col1, col2)]". See the documentation
+ for more details. CLARIFY
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-02-27 [817f2a586] Remove PL/Tcl's "module" facility.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Remove PL/Tcl's "module" auto-loading facility (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Replaced by new PL/Tcl startup <acronym>GUC</>s.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-12-23 [e13486eba] Remove sql_inheritance <acronym>GUC</>.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Remove <varname>sql_inheritance</> <acronym>GUC</> (Robert Haas)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Changing this from the default value caused queries referencing
+ parent tables to not include children tables. The <acronym>SQL</>
+ standard requires such behavior and this has been the default since
+ Postgres 7.1.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-02-15 [51ee6f316] Replace min_parallel_relation_size with two new <acronym>GUC</>s.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add <acronym>GUC</>s <xref linkend="guc-min-parallel-table-scan-size">
+ and <xref linkend="guc-min-parallel-index-scan-size"> to control
+ parallel operation (Amit Kapila, Robert Haas)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This replaces <varname>min_parallel_relation_size</>, which was
+ too generic.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2016-10-12 [64f3524e2] Remove pg_dump/pg_dumpall support for dumping from pre-8
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Remove <application>pg_dump</>/<application>pg_dumpall</> support
+ for dumping from pre-8.0 servers (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Users needing dump support for pre-8.0 servers need to use dump
+ binaries from Postgres 9.6.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-02-23 [b6aa17e0a] De-support floating-point timestamps.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Remove support for floating-point datetimes/timestamps (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This removes configure's <option>--disable-integer-datetimes</>
+ option. Floating-point datetimes/timestamps have not been the
+ default since Postgres 8.3 and have few advantages.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2016-10-11 [2f1eaf87e] Drop server support for <acronym>FE/BE</> protocol version 1.0.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Remove support for client/server protocol version 1.0 (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This protocol hasn't had client support since Postgres 6.3.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-02-13 [7ada2d31f] Remove contrib/tsearch2.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Remove contrib/tsearch2 (Robert Haas)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This removes compatibility with the contrib version of full text
+ search that shipped in pre-8.3 Postgres versions.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2017-03-23 [50c956add] Remove createlang and droplang
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Remove createlang and droplang command-line applications (Peter
+ Eisentraut)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
+ 2017-03-30 [5ded4bd21] Remove support for version-0 calling conventions.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Remove support for version-0 function calling conventions (Andres
+ Freund)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2016-10-11 [2b860f52e] Remove "sco" and "unixware" ports.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Remove <systemitem class="osname">SCO</> and <systemitem
+ class="osname">Unixware</> ports (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -343,7 +357,7 @@ Remove <systemitem class="osname">SCO</> and <systemitem class="osname">Unixware
<para>
Below you will find a detailed account of the changes between
- <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 10 and the previous major
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 10 and the previous major
release.
</para>
@@ -355,91 +369,94 @@ Remove <systemitem class="osname">SCO</> and <systemitem class="osname">Unixware
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-02-15 [569174f1b] btree: Support parallel index scans.
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-02-15 [5262f7a4f] Add optimizer and executor support for parallel index sc
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-02-19 [0414b26ba] Add optimizer and executor support for parallel index-on
--->
-<para>
-Support parallel btree index scans (Rahila Syed, Amit Kapila, Robert
-Haas)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Allows btree index pages to be checked by separate parallel workers.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-03-08 [98e6e8904] tidbitmap: Support shared iteration.
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-03-08 [f35742ccb] Support parallel bitmap heap scans.
--->
-<para>
-Support parallel bitmap heap scans (Dilip Kumar)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This allows a single index scan to dispatch parallel workers to process
-different areas of the heap.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-03-07 [3bc7dafa9] Consider parallel merge joins.
--->
-<para>
-Allow merge joins to be performed in parallel (Dilip Kumar)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-03-09 [355d3993c] Add a Gather Merge executor node.
--->
-<para>
-Improve ability of parallel workers to return pre-sorted data (Rushabh
-Lathia)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-03-24 [61c2e1a95] Improve access to parallel query from procedural languag
--->
-<para>
-Increase parallel query usage in procedural language functions (Robert
-Haas, Rafia Sabih)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2016-12-02 [b460f5d66] Add max_parallel_workers GUC.
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2016-12-05 [2b959d495] Reduce the default for max_worker_processes back to 8.
--->
-<para>
-Add <acronym>GUC</> <xref linkend="guc-max-parallel-workers"> to limit the number of worker processes
-that can be used for parallelism (Julien Rouhaud)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This can be set lower than <xref linkend="guc-max-worker-processes"> to reserve worker
-processes for non-parallel purposes.
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-02-15 [569174f1b] btree: Support parallel index scans.
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-02-15 [5262f7a4f] Add optimizer and executor support for parallel index sc
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-02-19 [0414b26ba] Add optimizer and executor support for parallel index-on
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Support parallel btree index scans (Rahila Syed, Amit Kapila,
+ Robert Haas)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Allows btree index pages to be checked by separate parallel
+ workers.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-03-08 [98e6e8904] tidbitmap: Support shared iteration.
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-03-08 [f35742ccb] Support parallel bitmap heap scans.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Support parallel bitmap heap scans (Dilip Kumar)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This allows a single index scan to dispatch parallel workers to
+ process different areas of the heap.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-03-07 [3bc7dafa9] Consider parallel merge joins.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow merge joins to be performed in parallel (Dilip Kumar)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-03-09 [355d3993c] Add a Gather Merge executor node.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Improve ability of parallel workers to return pre-sorted data
+ (Rushabh Lathia)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-03-24 [61c2e1a95] Improve access to parallel query from procedural languag
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Increase parallel query usage in procedural language functions
+ (Robert Haas, Rafia Sabih)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-12-02 [b460f5d66] Add max_parallel_workers GUC.
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-12-05 [2b959d495] Reduce the default for max_worker_processes back to 8.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add <acronym>GUC</> <xref linkend="guc-max-parallel-workers">
+ to limit the number of worker processes that can be used for
+ parallelism (Julien Rouhaud)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This can be set lower than <xref
+ linkend="guc-max-worker-processes"> to reserve worker processes
+ for non-parallel purposes.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -450,201 +467,209 @@ processes for non-parallel purposes.
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
-2017-03-31 [e306df7f9] Full Text Search support for <type>JSON</> and <type>JSONB</>
--->
-<para>
-Add full text search support for <type>JSON</> and <type>JSONB</> (Dmitry Dolgov)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This is accessed via <function>ts_headline()</> and <function>to_tsvector</>. RIGHT SECTION?
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2016-08-23 [77e290682] Create an SP-GiST opclass for inet/cidr.
--->
-<para>
-Add <acronym>SP-GiST</> index support for <type>INET</> and <type>CIDR</> data types (Emre Hasegeli)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-These data types already had GiST support.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Teodor Sigaev <teodor@sigaev.ru>
-2017-03-23 [218f51584] Reduce page locking in <acronym>GIN</> vacuum
--->
-<para>
-Reduce page locking during vacuuming of <acronym>GIN</> indexes (Andrey Borodin)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
-2017-04-01 [7526e1022] BRIN auto-summarization
--->
-<para>
-Cause <acronym>BRIN</> index summarization to happen more aggressively (Álvaro
-Herrera)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Specifically, summarize the previous page range when a new page range is
-created.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
-2017-04-01 [c655899ba] BRIN de-summarization
--->
-<para>
-Add function <function>brin_desummarize_range()</> to remove <acronym>BRIN</> summarization of a
-specified range (Álvaro Herrera)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This allows future <acronym>BRIN</> index summarization to be more compact. CLARIFY
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
+ 2017-03-31 [e306df7f9] Full Text Search support for <type>JSON</> and <type>JSONB</>
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add full text search support for <type>JSON</> and <type>JSONB</>
+ (Dmitry Dolgov)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This is accessed via <function>ts_headline()</> and
+ <function>to_tsvector</>. RIGHT SECTION?
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2016-08-23 [77e290682] Create an SP-GiST opclass for inet/cidr.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add <acronym>SP-GiST</> index support for <type>INET</> and
+ <type>CIDR</> data types (Emre Hasegeli)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ These data types already had GiST support.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Teodor Sigaev <teodor@sigaev.ru>
+ 2017-03-23 [218f51584] Reduce page locking in <acronym>GIN</> vacuum
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Reduce page locking during vacuuming of <acronym>GIN</> indexes
+ (Andrey Borodin)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
+ 2017-04-01 [7526e1022] BRIN auto-summarization
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Cause <acronym>BRIN</> index summarization to happen more
+ aggressively (Álvaro Herrera)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Specifically, summarize the previous page range when a new page
+ range is created.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
+ 2017-04-01 [c655899ba] BRIN de-summarization
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add function <function>brin_desummarize_range()</> to remove
+ <acronym>BRIN</> summarization of a specified range (Álvaro
+ Herrera)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This allows future <acronym>BRIN</> index summarization to be
+ more compact. CLARIFY
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
-
- <sect5>
- <title><link linkend="indexes-types">Hash Indexes</link></title>
-
- <itemizedlist>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-03-14 [c11453ce0] hash: Add write-ahead logging support.
--->
-<para>
-Add write-ahead logging support to hash indexes (Amit Kapila)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This makes hash indexes crash-safe and replicated, and removes the
-warning message about their use.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2016-11-30 [6d46f4783] Improve hash index bucket split behavior.
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-02-07 [293e24e50] Cache hash index's metapage in rel->rd_amcache.
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
--->
-<para>
-Improve hash bucket split performance by reducing locking requirements
-(Amit Kapila, Mithun Cy)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Also cache hash index meta-information for faster lookups.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-02-27 [b0f18cb77] hash: Refactor bucket squeeze code.
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-02-27 [30df93f69] hash: Refactor overflow page allocation.
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-04-03 [ea69a0dea] Expand hash indexes more gradually.
--->
-<para>
-Improve efficiency of hash index growth (Amit Kapila, Mithun Cy)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-03-15 [6977b8b7f] Port single-page btree vacuum logic to hash indexes.
--->
-<para>
-Allow single-page hash pruning (Ashutosh Sharma)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
- </itemizedlist>
-
- </sect5>
-
- </sect4>
-
- <sect4>
-
- <title>Locking</title>
+
+ <sect5>
+ <title><link linkend="indexes-types">Hash Indexes</link></title>
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-03-31 [64d4da511] For foreign keys, check <literal>REFERENCES</> privilege only on the
--->
-<para>
-Only check for <literal>REFERENCES</> permission on referenced tables (Tom Lane)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Previously <literal>REFERENCES</> permission on the referencing table was also
-required.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2016-09-05 [15bc038f9] Relax transactional restrictions on ALTER TYPE ... ADD V
--->
-<para>
-Reduce locking required for adding values to enum types (Andrew Dunstan,
-Tom Lane)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Previously it was impossible to run <command>ALTER TYPE ... ADD VALUE</> in a
-transaction block unless the enum type was created in the same block.
-Now, only references to uncommitted enum values from other transactions
-is prohibited.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Kevin Grittner <kgrittn@postgresql.org>
-2017-04-07 [c63172d60] Add GUCs for predicate lock promotion thresholds.
--->
-<para>
-Allow tuning of predicate lock promotion thresholds (Dagfinn Ilmari
-Mannsåker)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-The new settings are <xref linkend="guc-max-pred-locks-per-relation"> and
-<varname>max_pred_locks_per_page</>.
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-03-14 [c11453ce0] hash: Add write-ahead logging support.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add write-ahead logging support to hash indexes (Amit Kapila)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This makes hash indexes crash-safe and replicated, and removes
+ the warning message about their use.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-11-30 [6d46f4783] Improve hash index bucket split behavior.
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-02-07 [293e24e50] Cache hash index's metapage in rel->rd_amcache.
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Improve hash bucket split performance by reducing locking
+ requirements (Amit Kapila, Mithun Cy)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Also cache hash index meta-information for faster lookups.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-02-27 [b0f18cb77] hash: Refactor bucket squeeze code.
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-02-27 [30df93f69] hash: Refactor overflow page allocation.
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-04-03 [ea69a0dea] Expand hash indexes more gradually.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Improve efficiency of hash index growth (Amit Kapila, Mithun Cy)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-03-15 [6977b8b7f] Port single-page btree vacuum logic to hash indexes.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow single-page hash pruning (Ashutosh Sharma)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ </sect5>
+
+ </sect4>
+
+ <sect4>
+
+ <title>Locking</title>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-03-31 [64d4da511] For foreign keys, check <literal>REFERENCES</> privilege only on the
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Only check for <literal>REFERENCES</> permission on referenced
+ tables (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Previously <literal>REFERENCES</> permission on the referencing
+ table was also required.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2016-09-05 [15bc038f9] Relax transactional restrictions on ALTER TYPE ... ADD V
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Reduce locking required for adding values to enum types (Andrew
+ Dunstan, Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Previously it was impossible to run <command>ALTER TYPE ... ADD
+ VALUE</> in a transaction block unless the enum type was created
+ in the same block. Now, only references to uncommitted enum
+ values from other transactions is prohibited.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Kevin Grittner <kgrittn@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-04-07 [c63172d60] Add GUCs for predicate lock promotion thresholds.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow tuning of predicate lock promotion thresholds (Dagfinn
+ Ilmari Mannsåker)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The new settings are <xref
+ linkend="guc-max-pred-locks-per-relation"> and
+ <varname>max_pred_locks_per_page</>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
</sect4>
@@ -653,129 +678,134 @@ The new settings are <xref linkend="guc-max-pred-locks-per-relation"> and
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
-2017-03-24 [7b504eb28] Implement multivariate n-distinct coefficients
-Author: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
-2017-04-05 [2686ee1b7] Collect and use multi-column dependency stats
--->
-<para>
-Add the ability to compute a correlation ratio and the number of
-distinct values on several columns (Tomas Vondra, David Rowley)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-New commands are <command><link linkend="SQL-CREATESTATISTICS">CREATE</></>,
-<command><link linkend="SQL-ALTERSTATISTICS">ALTER</></>, and
-<command><link linkend="SQL-DROPSTATISTICS">DROP STATISTICS</></>. This is helpful in
-estimating query memory usage and when combining the statistics from
-individual columns.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-01-15 [0777f7a2e] Fix matching of boolean index columns to sort ordering.
--->
-<para>
-Improve planner matching of boolean indexes (Tom Lane)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-01-18 [215b43cdc] Improve RLS planning by marking individual quals with se
--->
-<para>
-Improve performance of queries referencing row-level security
-restrictions (Tom Lane)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-The optimizer now has more flexibility in reordering executor behavior.
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
+ 2017-03-24 [7b504eb28] Implement multivariate n-distinct coefficients
+ Author: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
+ 2017-04-05 [2686ee1b7] Collect and use multi-column dependency stats
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add the ability to compute a correlation ratio and the number of
+ distinct values on several columns (Tomas Vondra, David Rowley)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ New commands are <command><link
+ linkend="SQL-CREATESTATISTICS">CREATE</></>,
+ <command><link linkend="SQL-ALTERSTATISTICS">ALTER</></>, and
+ <command><link linkend="SQL-DROPSTATISTICS">DROP STATISTICS</></>.
+ This is helpful in
+ estimating query memory usage and when combining the statistics
+ from individual columns.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-01-15 [0777f7a2e] Fix matching of boolean index columns to sort ordering.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Improve planner matching of boolean indexes (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-01-18 [215b43cdc] Improve RLS planning by marking individual quals with se
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Improve performance of queries referencing row-level security
+ restrictions (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The optimizer now has more flexibility in reordering executor
+ behavior.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect4>
- <sect4>
+ <sect4>
<title>General Performance</title>
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
-2016-09-02 [9cca11c91] Speed up SUM calculation in numeric aggregates.
--->
-<para>
-Speed up <function>SUM()</> calculations (Heikki Linnakangas)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This uses an optimized numeric accumulator.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
-2017-03-13 [aeed17d00] Use radix tree for character encoding conversions.
--->
-<para>
-Improve the performance of character encoding conversions by using radix
-trees (Kyotaro Horiguchi, Heikki Linnakangas)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
-2017-03-25 [b8d7f053c] Faster expression evaluation and targetlist projection.
--->
-<para>
-Reduce the function call overhead during query execution (Andres Freund)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This is particularly helpful for queries that process many rows.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Andrew Gierth <rhodiumtoad@postgresql.org>
-2017-03-27 [b5635948a] Support hashed aggregation with grouping sets.
--->
-<para>
-Improve the performance of grouping sets (Andrew Gierth)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-04-07 [9c7f5229a] Optimize joins when the inner relation can be proven uni
--->
-<para>
-Use uniqueness guarantees to optimize certain join types (David Rowley)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Teodor Sigaev <teodor@sigaev.ru>
-2017-03-29 [f90d23d0c] Implement SortSupport for macaddr data type
--->
-<para>
-Improve sort performance of the macaddr data type (Brandur Leach)
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
+ 2016-09-02 [9cca11c91] Speed up SUM calculation in numeric aggregates.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Speed up <function>SUM()</> calculations (Heikki Linnakangas)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This uses an optimized numeric accumulator.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
+ 2017-03-13 [aeed17d00] Use radix tree for character encoding conversions.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Improve the performance of character encoding conversions by
+ using radix trees (Kyotaro Horiguchi, Heikki Linnakangas)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
+ 2017-03-25 [b8d7f053c] Faster expression evaluation and targetlist projection.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Reduce the function call overhead during query execution (Andres
+ Freund)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This is particularly helpful for queries that process many rows.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Andrew Gierth <rhodiumtoad@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-03-27 [b5635948a] Support hashed aggregation with grouping sets.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Improve the performance of grouping sets (Andrew Gierth)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-04-07 [9c7f5229a] Optimize joins when the inner relation can be proven uni
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Use uniqueness guarantees to optimize certain join types (David
+ Rowley)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Teodor Sigaev <teodor@sigaev.ru>
+ 2017-03-29 [f90d23d0c] Implement SortSupport for macaddr data type
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Improve sort performance of the macaddr data type (Brandur Leach)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -786,266 +816,288 @@ Improve sort performance of the macaddr data type (Brandur Leach)
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2016-11-18 [67dc4ccbb] Add pg_sequences view
--->
-<para>
-Add <link linkend="view-pg-sequences"><structname>pg_sequences</></> view to show all sequences (Peter Eisentraut)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2016-12-20 [1753b1b02] Add pg_sequence system catalog
--->
-<para>
-Create a <link linkend="catalog-pg-sequence"><structname>pg_sequence</></> system catalog to store sequence metadata
-(Peter Eisentraut)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Sequence metadata includes start, increment, etc, which is now
-transactional. Sequence counters are still stored in separate heap
-relations.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
-2017-03-08 [f9b1a0dd4] Expose explain's SUMMARY option
--->
-<para>
-Allow explicit control over <command><link linkend="SQL-EXPLAIN">EXPLAIN</></>'s display of planning and execution
-time (Ashutosh Bapat)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-By default planning and execution is display by <command>EXPLAIN ANALYZE</> and not
-display in other cases. The new <command>EXPLAIN</> option <literal>SUMMARY</> allows explicit
-control of this.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-03-18 [17f8ffa1e] Fix <command>REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW</> to report activity to the
--->
-<para>
-Properly update the statistics collector during <link linkend="SQL-REFRESHMATERIALIZEDVIEW"><command>REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW</></>
-(Jim Mlodgenski)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
-2017-03-30 [25fff4079] Default monitoring roles
--->
-<para>
-Add default monitoring roles (Dave Page)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-New roles <literal>pg_monitor</>, <literal>pg_read_all_settings</>, <literal>pg_read_all_stats</>, and
-<literal>pg_stat_scan_tables</> allow simplified permission configuration.
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2016-11-18 [67dc4ccbb] Add pg_sequences view
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add <link
+ linkend="view-pg-sequences"><structname>pg_sequences</></> view
+ to show all sequences (Peter Eisentraut)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2016-12-20 [1753b1b02] Add pg_sequence system catalog
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Create a <link
+ linkend="catalog-pg-sequence"><structname>pg_sequence</></>
+ system catalog to store sequence metadata (Peter Eisentraut)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Sequence metadata includes start, increment, etc, which is now
+ transactional. Sequence counters are still stored in separate
+ heap relations.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
+ 2017-03-08 [f9b1a0dd4] Expose explain's SUMMARY option
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow explicit control over <command><link
+ linkend="SQL-EXPLAIN">EXPLAIN</></>'s display of planning and
+ execution time (Ashutosh Bapat)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ By default planning and execution is display by <command>EXPLAIN
+ ANALYZE</> and not display in other cases. The new
+ <command>EXPLAIN</> option <literal>SUMMARY</> allows explicit
+ control of this.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-03-18 [17f8ffa1e] Fix <command>REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW</> to report activity to the
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Properly update the statistics collector during <link
+ linkend="SQL-REFRESHMATERIALIZEDVIEW"><command>REFRESH MATERIALIZED
+ VIEW</></> (Jim Mlodgenski)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
+ 2017-03-30 [25fff4079] Default monitoring roles
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add default monitoring roles (Dave Page)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ New roles <literal>pg_monitor</>, <literal>pg_read_all_settings</>,
+ <literal>pg_read_all_stats</>, and <literal>pg_stat_scan_tables</>
+ allow simplified permission configuration.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
-
- <sect5>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <sect5>
<title>Logging</title>
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2016-10-17 [7d3235ba4] By default, set log_line_prefix = '%m [%p] '.
--->
-<para>
-Change <xref linkend="guc-log-line-prefix"> default to include current timestamp with milliseconds
-and the process id (Christoph Berg)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-The previous default was not to output a prefix.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-03-16 [befd73c50] Add pg_ls_logdir() and pg_ls_waldir() functions.
--->
-<para>
-Add functions to return the log and <acronym>WAL</> directory names (Dave Page)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-The new functions are <link linkend="functions-admin-genfile-table"><function>pg_ls_logdir()</></> and
-<link linkend="functions-admin-genfile-table"><function>pg_ls_waldir()</></> and can be
-executed by non-super users with the proper permissions.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-03-03 [19dc233c3] Add pg_current_logfile() function.
--->
-<para>
-Add function <link linkend="functions-info-session-table"><function>pg_current_logfile()</></> to read syslog's current stderr and
-csvlog output file names (Gilles Darold)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-03-10 [f9dfa5c97] Improve postmaster's logging of listen socket creation.
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-03-14 [2b32ac2a5] Include port number when logging successful binding to a
--->
-<para>
-Report the address and port number of successful startup socket binding
-in the server logs (Tom Lane)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Also, report bind socket failure details in the server logs.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-03-10 [6ec4c8584] Reduce log verbosity of startup/shutdown for launcher su
--->
-<para>
-Reduce log chatter about the starting and stopping of launcher
-subprocesses (Tom Lane)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-These are now <literal>DEBUG1</>-level messages.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2016-11-17 [a43f1939d] Remove or reduce verbosity of some debug messages.
--->
-<para>
-Reduce message verbosity of lower-numbered debug levels controlled by
-<xref linkend="guc-log-min-messages"> (Robert Haas)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This also changes the verbosity of <xref linkend="guc-client-min-messages"> debug levels.
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-10-17 [7d3235ba4] By default, set log_line_prefix = '%m [%p] '.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Change <xref linkend="guc-log-line-prefix"> default to include
+ current timestamp with milliseconds and the process id (Christoph
+ Berg)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The previous default was not to output a prefix.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-03-16 [befd73c50] Add pg_ls_logdir() and pg_ls_waldir() functions.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add functions to return the log and <acronym>WAL</> directory
+ names (Dave Page)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The new functions are <link
+ linkend="functions-admin-genfile-table"><function>pg_ls_logdir()</></>
+ and
+ <link
+ linkend="functions-admin-genfile-table"><function>pg_ls_waldir()</></>
+ and can be
+ executed by non-super users with the proper permissions.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-03-03 [19dc233c3] Add pg_current_logfile() function.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add function <link
+ linkend="functions-info-session-table"><function>pg_current_logfile()</></>
+ to read syslog's current stderr and csvlog output file names
+ (Gilles Darold)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-03-10 [f9dfa5c97] Improve postmaster's logging of listen socket creation.
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-03-14 [2b32ac2a5] Include port number when logging successful binding to a
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Report the address and port number of successful startup socket
+ binding in the server logs (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Also, report bind socket failure details in the server logs.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-03-10 [6ec4c8584] Reduce log verbosity of startup/shutdown for launcher su
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Reduce log chatter about the starting and stopping of launcher
+ subprocesses (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ These are now <literal>DEBUG1</>-level messages.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-11-17 [a43f1939d] Remove or reduce verbosity of some debug messages.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Reduce message verbosity of lower-numbered debug levels
+ controlled by
+ <xref linkend="guc-log-min-messages"> (Robert Haas)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This also changes the verbosity of <xref
+ linkend="guc-client-min-messages"> debug levels.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- </sect5>
-
- <sect5>
+
+ </sect5>
+
+ <sect5>
<title><link linkend="pg-stat-activity-view"><structname>pg_stat_activity</></link></title>
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2016-10-04 [6f3bd98eb] Extend framework from commit 53be0b1ad to report latch w
--->
-<para>
-Add <structname>pg_stat_activity</> reporting of latch wait states (Michael Paquier,
-Robert Haas)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This includes the remaining wait events, like client reads, client
-writes, and synchronous replication.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-03-18 [249cf070e] Create and use wait events for read, write, and fsync op
--->
-<para>
-Add <structname>pg_stat_activity</> reporting of waits on reads, writes, and fsyncs
-(Rushabh Lathia)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-03-26 [fc70a4b0d] Show more processes in pg_stat_activity.
--->
-<para>
-Show auxiliary processes and background workers in <structname>pg_stat_activity</>
-(Kuntal Ghosh)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-New column <structfield>backend_type</> identifies the process type.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
-2016-09-12 [fc3d4a44e] Identify walsenders in pg_stat_activity
--->
-<para>
-Display walsender processes in <structname>pg_stat_activity</> (Michael Paquier)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This simplifies monitoring.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-02-22 [4c728f382] Pass the source text for a parallel query to the workers
--->
-<para>
-Allow <structname>pg_stat_activity</> to show the source query being executed by parallel workers
-(Rafia Sabih)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2016-12-16 [3761fe3c2] Simplify LWLock tranche machinery by removing array_base
--->
-<para>
-Rename <structname>pg_stat_activity</>.<structfield>wait_event_type</> values <literal>LWLockTranche</> and
-<literal>LWLockNamed</> to <literal>LWLock</> (Robert Haas)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This makes the output more consistent.
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-10-04 [6f3bd98eb] Extend framework from commit 53be0b1ad to report latch w
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add <structname>pg_stat_activity</> reporting of latch wait states
+ (Michael Paquier, Robert Haas)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This includes the remaining wait events, like client reads,
+ client writes, and synchronous replication.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-03-18 [249cf070e] Create and use wait events for read, write, and fsync op
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add <structname>pg_stat_activity</> reporting of waits on reads,
+ writes, and fsyncs (Rushabh Lathia)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-03-26 [fc70a4b0d] Show more processes in pg_stat_activity.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Show auxiliary processes and background workers in
+ <structname>pg_stat_activity</> (Kuntal Ghosh)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ New column <structfield>backend_type</> identifies the process
+ type.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
+ 2016-09-12 [fc3d4a44e] Identify walsenders in pg_stat_activity
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Display walsender processes in <structname>pg_stat_activity</>
+ (Michael Paquier)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This simplifies monitoring.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-02-22 [4c728f382] Pass the source text for a parallel query to the workers
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow <structname>pg_stat_activity</> to show the source query
+ being executed by parallel workers (Rafia Sabih)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-12-16 [3761fe3c2] Simplify LWLock tranche machinery by removing array_base
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Rename
+ <structname>pg_stat_activity</>.<structfield>wait_event_type</>
+ values <literal>LWLockTranche</> and
+ <literal>LWLockNamed</> to <literal>LWLock</> (Robert Haas)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This makes the output more consistent.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- </sect5>
-
+ </sect5>
+
</sect4>
<sect4>
@@ -1053,71 +1105,75 @@ This makes the output more consistent.
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
-2017-03-07 [818fd4a67] Support SCRAM-SHA-256 authentication (RFC 5802 and 7677)
-Author: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
-2017-03-24 [7ac955b34] Allow SCRAM authentication, when pg_hba.conf says 'md5'.
-Author: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
-2017-04-07 [60f11b87a] Use SASLprep to normalize passwords for SCRAM authentica
-Author: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
-2017-04-18 [c727f120f] Rename "scram" to "scram-sha-256" in pg_hba.conf and pas
--->
-<para>
-Add <link linkend="auth-pg-hba-conf"><literal>SCRAM-SHA-256</></> support for password negotiation and storage (Michael
-Paquier, Heikki Linnakangas)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This proves better security than the existing <literal>md5</> negotiation and
-storage method.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
-2016-09-28 [babe05bc2] Turn password_encryption <acronym>GUC</> into an enum.
--->
-<para>
-Change <acronym>GUC</> <xref linkend="guc-password-encryption"> from <type>boolean</> to <type>enum</> (Michael Paquier)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This was necessary to support additional password hashing options.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-01-30 [de16ab723] Invent pg_hba_file_rules view to show the content of pg_
--->
-<para>
-Add view <link linkend="view-pg-hba-file-rules"><structname>pg_hba_file_rules</></> to display the contents of <filename>pg_hba.conf</>
-(Haribabu Kommi)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This shows the file contents, not the currently active settings.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
-2017-03-22 [6b76f1bb5] Support multiple RADIUS servers
--->
-<para>
-Support multiple <acronym>RADIUS</> servers (Magnus Hagander)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-All the <acronym>RADIUS</> related parameters are now plural and support a
-comma-separated list of servers.
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
+ 2017-03-07 [818fd4a67] Support SCRAM-SHA-256 authentication (RFC 5802 and 7677)
+ Author: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
+ 2017-03-24 [7ac955b34] Allow SCRAM authentication, when pg_hba.conf says 'md5'.
+ Author: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
+ 2017-04-07 [60f11b87a] Use SASLprep to normalize passwords for SCRAM authentica
+ Author: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
+ 2017-04-18 [c727f120f] Rename "scram" to "scram-sha-256" in pg_hba.conf and pas
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add <link linkend="auth-pg-hba-conf"><literal>SCRAM-SHA-256</></>
+ support for password negotiation and storage (Michael Paquier,
+ Heikki Linnakangas)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This proves better security than the existing <literal>md5</>
+ negotiation and storage method.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
+ 2016-09-28 [babe05bc2] Turn password_encryption <acronym>GUC</> into an enum.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Change <acronym>GUC</> <xref linkend="guc-password-encryption">
+ from <type>boolean</> to <type>enum</> (Michael Paquier)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This was necessary to support additional password hashing options.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-01-30 [de16ab723] Invent pg_hba_file_rules view to show the content of pg_
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add view <link
+ linkend="view-pg-hba-file-rules"><structname>pg_hba_file_rules</></>
+ to display the contents of <filename>pg_hba.conf</> (Haribabu
+ Kommi)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This shows the file contents, not the currently active settings.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
+ 2017-03-22 [6b76f1bb5] Support multiple RADIUS servers
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Support multiple <acronym>RADIUS</> servers (Magnus Hagander)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ All the <acronym>RADIUS</> related parameters are now plural and
+ support a comma-separated list of servers.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -1128,67 +1184,70 @@ comma-separated list of servers.
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-01-02 [de41869b6] Allow SSL configuration to be updated at SIGHUP.
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-01-03 [1e942c747] Disable prompting for passphrase while (re)loading SSL c
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-01-04 [6667d9a6d] Re-allow SSL passphrase prompt at server start, but not
--->
-<para>
-Allow <acronym>SSL</> configuration to be updated at <literal>SIGHUP</> (Andreas Karlsson, Tom Lane)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This allows <acronym>SSL</> to be reconfigured without a server restart by using
-<command>pg_ctl reload</>, <command>SELECT pg_reload_conf()</>, or sending a
-<literal>SIGHUP</> signal.
-Reload <acronym>SSL</> configuration updates do not work if the <acronym>SSL</> key requires a
-passphrase.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2016-11-30 [81c52728f] doc: Remove claim about large shared_buffers on Windows
--->
-<para>
-Remove documented restriction about using large shared buffers on
-<systemitem class="osname">Windows</> (Takayuki Tsunakawa)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
-2017-03-06 [21d4e2e20] Reduce lock levels for table storage params related to p
-Author: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
-2017-04-05 [68ea2b7f9] Reduce lock level for CREATE STATISTICS
--->
-<para>
-Reduce locking required to change table params (Simon Riggs, Fabrízio
-Mello)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-For example, changing a table's <xref linkend="guc-effective-io-concurrency"> setting can now
-be done with a more lightweight lock.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-02-02 [14ca9abfb] Increase upper bound for bgwriter_lru_maxpages.
--->
-<para>
-Make the maximum value of <xref linkend="guc-bgwriter-lru-maxpages"> effectively unlimited
-(Jim Nasby)
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-01-02 [de41869b6] Allow SSL configuration to be updated at SIGHUP.
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-01-03 [1e942c747] Disable prompting for passphrase while (re)loading SSL c
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-01-04 [6667d9a6d] Re-allow SSL passphrase prompt at server start, but not
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow <acronym>SSL</> configuration to be updated at
+ <literal>SIGHUP</> (Andreas Karlsson, Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This allows <acronym>SSL</> to be reconfigured without a server
+ restart by using <command>pg_ctl reload</>, <command>SELECT
+ pg_reload_conf()</>, or sending a <literal>SIGHUP</> signal.
+ Reload <acronym>SSL</> configuration updates do not work if the
+ <acronym>SSL</> key requires a passphrase.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2016-11-30 [81c52728f] doc: Remove claim about large shared_buffers on Windows
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Remove documented restriction about using large shared buffers on
+ <systemitem class="osname">Windows</> (Takayuki Tsunakawa)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
+ 2017-03-06 [21d4e2e20] Reduce lock levels for table storage params related to p
+ Author: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
+ 2017-04-05 [68ea2b7f9] Reduce lock level for CREATE STATISTICS
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Reduce locking required to change table params (Simon Riggs,
+ Fabrízio Mello)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ For example, changing a table's <xref
+ linkend="guc-effective-io-concurrency"> setting can now be done
+ with a more lightweight lock.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-02-02 [14ca9abfb] Increase upper bound for bgwriter_lru_maxpages.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Make the maximum value of <xref
+ linkend="guc-bgwriter-lru-maxpages"> effectively unlimited
+ (Jim Nasby)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -1199,86 +1258,88 @@ Make the maximum value of <xref linkend="guc-bgwriter-lru-maxpages"> effectively
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Teodor Sigaev <teodor@sigaev.ru>
-2017-03-27 [1b02be21f] Fsync directory after creating or unlinking file.
--->
-<para>
-Perform an fsync on the directory after creating or unlinking files
-(Michael Paquier)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This reduces the risk of data loss after a power failure.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2016-11-21 [a734fd5d1] autovacuum: Drop orphan temp tables more quickly but wit
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2016-11-27 [dafa0848d] Code review for early drop of orphaned temp relations in
--->
-<para>
-Remove orphaned temporary tables more aggressively (Robert Haas, Tom Lane)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Previously such tables were removed only when necessary. SECTION?
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Teodor Sigaev <teodor@sigaev.ru>
+ 2017-03-27 [1b02be21f] Fsync directory after creating or unlinking file.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Perform an fsync on the directory after creating or unlinking files
+ (Michael Paquier)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This reduces the risk of data loss after a power failure.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-11-21 [a734fd5d1] autovacuum: Drop orphan temp tables more quickly but wit
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2016-11-27 [dafa0848d] Code review for early drop of orphaned temp relations in
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Remove orphaned temporary tables more aggressively (Robert Haas,
+ Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Previously such tables were removed only when necessary. SECTION?
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ </itemizedlist>
- <sect5>
+ <sect5>
<title><link linkend="wal">Write-Ahead Log</> (<acronym>WAL</>)</title>
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
-2016-12-22 [6ef2eba3f] Skip checkpoints, archiving on idle systems.
--->
-<para>
-Prevent checkpoints and <acronym>WAL</> archiving on otherwise-idle systems (Michael
-Paquier)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-02-08 [a507b8690] Add WAL consistency checking facility.
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-03-14 [bb4a39637] hash: Support WAL consistency checking.
--->
-<para>
-Add <acronym>GUC</> <xref linkend="guc-wal-consistency-checking"> to add details to <acronym>WAL</> that can be
-sanity-checked on the standby (Kuntal Ghosh, Robert
-Haas)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Any sanity-check failure generates a fatal error on the standby.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
-2017-04-05 [00b6b6feb] Allow \-\-with-wal-segsize=n up to n=1024MB
--->
-<para>
-Increase the maximum configurable <acronym>WAL</> size to 1 gigabyte (Beena Emerson)
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
+ 2016-12-22 [6ef2eba3f] Skip checkpoints, archiving on idle systems.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Prevent checkpoints and <acronym>WAL</> archiving on
+ otherwise-idle systems (Michael Paquier)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-02-08 [a507b8690] Add WAL consistency checking facility.
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-03-14 [bb4a39637] hash: Support WAL consistency checking.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add <acronym>GUC</> <xref linkend="guc-wal-consistency-checking">
+ to add details to <acronym>WAL</> that can be sanity-checked on
+ the standby (Kuntal Ghosh, Robert Haas)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Any sanity-check failure generates a fatal error on the standby.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
+ 2017-04-05 [00b6b6feb] Allow \-\-with-wal-segsize=n up to n=1024MB
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Increase the maximum configurable <acronym>WAL</> size to 1
+ gigabyte (Beena Emerson)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
-
- </sect5>
+
+ </sect5>
</sect4>
@@ -1287,383 +1348,405 @@ Increase the maximum configurable <acronym>WAL</> size to 1 gigabyte (Beena Emer
<sect3>
<title>Replication and Recovery</title>
- <itemizedlist>
+ <itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2017-01-20 [665d1fad9] Logical replication
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2017-03-23 [7c4f52409] Logical replication support for initial data copy
-Author: Fujii Masao <fujii@postgresql.org>
-2017-04-12 [ff7bce174] Add max_sync_workers_per_subscription to postgresql.conf
--->
-<para>
-Add the ability to <link linkend="logical-replication">logically replicate</> tables to standby servers (Petr
-Jelinek)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This allows more fine-grained replication options, including replication
-between different major versions of Postgres and selective-table
-replication.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Fujii Masao <fujii@postgresql.org>
-2016-12-19 [3901fd70c] Support quorum-based synchronous replication.
--->
-<para>
-Allow waiting for commit acknowledgement from standby servers
-irrespective of the order they appear in <xref linkend="guc-synchronous-standby-names">
-(Masahiko Sawada)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Previously the server always waited for the active standbys that
-appeared first in <varname>synchronous_standby_names</>. The new
-<varname>synchronous_standby_names</> keyword <literal>ANY</> allows waiting for any number of
-standbys irrespective of their ordering. This is known as quorum commit.
-
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
-2017-01-14 [f6d6d2920] Change default values for backup and replication paramet
--->
-<para>
-Reduce configuration necessary to perform streaming backup and
-replication (Magnus Hagander)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Specifically, defaults were changed for <xref linkend="guc-wal-level">,
-<xref linkend="guc-max-wal-senders">, and
-<xref linkend="guc-max-replication-slots">.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2017-03-09 [be37c2120] Enable replication connections by default in <filename>pg_hba.conf</>
--->
-<para>
-Enable replication from localhost connections by default in <link linkend="auth-pg-hba-conf"><filename>pg_hba.conf</></>
-(Michael Paquier)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Previously <filename>pg_hba.conf</>'s replication connection lines were commented
-out. This is particularly useful for <application><xref linkend="app-pgbasebackup"></>.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
-2017-03-23 [6912acc04] Replication lag tracking for walsenders
--->
-<para>
-Add columns to <link linkend="monitoring-stats-views-table"><structname>pg_stat_replication</></> to report replication delay times
-(Thomas Munro)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-The new columns are <structfield>write_lag</>, <structfield>flush_lag</>, and <structfield>replay_lag</>.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
-2016-09-03 [35250b6ad] New recovery target recovery_target_lsn
--->
-<para>
-Add specification of a Log Sequence Number (<acronym>LSN</>) stopping point in
-<link linkend="recovery-config"><filename>recovery.conf</></> (Michael Paquier)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Previously only specification of the stop name, time, timeline, xid,
-and immediate were supported.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
-2017-03-22 [017e4f258] Expose waitforarchive option through pg_stop_backup()
--->
-<para>
-Allow users to disable <link linkend="functions-admin"><function>pg_stop_backup()</></>'s waiting for all <acronym>WAL</> to be
-archived (David Steele)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-An optional second argument to <function>pg_stop_backup()</> controls that behavior.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2016-12-12 [a924c327e] Add support for temporary replication slots
--->
-<para>
-Allow creation of <link linkend="functions-replication-table">temporary replication slots</> (Petr Jelinek)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Temporary slots are automatically removed on session exit or error.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
-2017-03-22 [9b013dc23] Improve performance of replay of AccessExclusiveLocks
--->
-<para>
-Improve performance of hot standby replay with better tracking of
-Access Exclusive locks (Simon Riggs, David Rowley)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
-2017-04-04 [728bd991c] Speedup 2PC recovery by skipping two phase state files i
--->
-<para>
-Speed up two-phase commit recovery performance (Stas Kelvich, Nikhil
-Sontakke, Michael Paquier)
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2017-01-20 [665d1fad9] Logical replication
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2017-03-23 [7c4f52409] Logical replication support for initial data copy
+ Author: Fujii Masao <fujii@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-04-12 [ff7bce174] Add max_sync_workers_per_subscription to postgresql.conf
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add the ability to <link linkend="logical-replication">logically
+ replicate</> tables to standby servers (Petr Jelinek)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This allows more fine-grained replication options, including
+ replication between different major versions of Postgres and
+ selective-table replication.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Fujii Masao <fujii@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-12-19 [3901fd70c] Support quorum-based synchronous replication.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow waiting for commit acknowledgement from standby
+ servers irrespective of the order they appear in <xref
+ linkend="guc-synchronous-standby-names"> (Masahiko Sawada)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Previously the server always waited for the active standbys that
+ appeared first in <varname>synchronous_standby_names</>. The new
+ <varname>synchronous_standby_names</> keyword <literal>ANY</> allows
+ waiting for any number of standbys irrespective of their ordering.
+ This is known as quorum commit.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
+ 2017-01-14 [f6d6d2920] Change default values for backup and replication paramet
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Reduce configuration necessary to perform streaming backup and
+ replication (Magnus Hagander)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Specifically, defaults were changed for <xref
+ linkend="guc-wal-level">, <xref linkend="guc-max-wal-senders">,
+ and <xref linkend="guc-max-replication-slots">.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2017-03-09 [be37c2120] Enable replication connections by default in <filename>pg_hba.conf</>
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Enable replication from localhost connections by default in
+ <link linkend="auth-pg-hba-conf"><filename>pg_hba.conf</></>
+ (Michael Paquier)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Previously <filename>pg_hba.conf</>'s replication connection
+ lines were commented out. This is particularly useful for
+ <application><xref linkend="app-pgbasebackup"></>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
+ 2017-03-23 [6912acc04] Replication lag tracking for walsenders
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add columns to <link
+ linkend="monitoring-stats-views-table"><structname>pg_stat_replication</></>
+ to report replication delay times (Thomas Munro)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The new columns are <structfield>write_lag</>,
+ <structfield>flush_lag</>, and <structfield>replay_lag</>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
+ 2016-09-03 [35250b6ad] New recovery target recovery_target_lsn
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add specification of a Log Sequence Number (<acronym>LSN</>)
+ stopping point in
+ <link linkend="recovery-config"><filename>recovery.conf</></>
+ (Michael Paquier)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Previously only specification of the stop name, time, timeline,
+ xid, and immediate were supported.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
+ 2017-03-22 [017e4f258] Expose waitforarchive option through pg_stop_backup()
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow users to disable <link
+ linkend="functions-admin"><function>pg_stop_backup()</></>'s
+ waiting for all <acronym>WAL</> to be archived (David Steele)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ An optional second argument to <function>pg_stop_backup()</>
+ controls that behavior.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2016-12-12 [a924c327e] Add support for temporary replication slots
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow creation of <link
+ linkend="functions-replication-table">temporary replication slots</>
+ (Petr Jelinek)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Temporary slots are automatically removed on session exit or error.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
+ 2017-03-22 [9b013dc23] Improve performance of replay of AccessExclusiveLocks
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Improve performance of hot standby replay with better tracking of
+ Access Exclusive locks (Simon Riggs, David Rowley)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
+ 2017-04-04 [728bd991c] Speedup 2PC recovery by skipping two phase state files i
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Speed up two-phase commit recovery performance (Stas Kelvich,
+ Nikhil Sontakke, Michael Paquier)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ </itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Queries</title>
- <itemizedlist>
+ <itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2016-11-22 [906bfcad7] Improve handling of "UPDATE ... SET (column_list) = row_
--->
-<para>
-Allow <literal>ROW</> to supply values to <command>UPDATE ... SET (column_list)</> (Tom Lane)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Also allow row values to be supplied by table.*.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2016-09-05 [c54159d44] Make locale-dependent regex character classes work for l
--->
-<para>
-Fix regular expression locale class handling for bytes greater than <literal>U+7FF</>
-(Tom Lane)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Previously such classes were not recognized.
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2016-11-22 [906bfcad7] Improve handling of "UPDATE ... SET (column_list) = row_
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow <literal>ROW</> to supply values to <command>UPDATE ... SET
+ (column_list)</> (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Also allow row values to be supplied by table.*.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2016-09-05 [c54159d44] Make locale-dependent regex character classes work for l
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Fix regular expression locale class handling for bytes greater
+ than <literal>U+7FF</> (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Previously such classes were not recognized.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ </itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Utility Commands</title>
- <itemizedlist>
+ <itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2016-12-07 [f0e44751d] Implement table partitioning.
--->
-<para>
-Add table <link linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE-PARTITION">partitioning syntax</> that automatically creates partition
-constraints and <command>INSERT</> routing (Amit Langote)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-The syntax supports range and list partitioning.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Kevin Grittner <kgrittn@postgresql.org>
-2016-11-04 [8c48375e5] Implement syntax for transition tables in AFTER triggers
-Author: Kevin Grittner <kgrittn@postgresql.org>
-2017-04-04 [5ebeb579b] Follow-on cleanup for the transition table patch.
--->
-<para>
-Add <link linkend="SQL-CREATETRIGGER"><literal>AFTER</> trigger</> transition table to record changed rows (Kevin Grittner)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Transition table contents are accessible from server-side languages.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
-2016-12-05 [093129c9d] Add support for restrictive RLS policies
--->
-<para>
-Allow <link linkend="SQL-CREATEPOLICY">restrictive row-level security policies</> (Stephen Frost)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Previously all security policies were permissive, meaning that any
-matching policy allowed access. Optional restrictive policies must
-match for access to be granted. These policy types can be combined.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Teodor Sigaev <teodor@sigaev.ru>
-2017-03-28 [ab89e465c] Altering default privileges on schemas
--->
-<para>
-Allow <link linkend="SQL-ALTERDEFAULTPRIVILEGES">default permissions</> on schemas (Matheus Oliveira)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This is done using the <literal>ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES</> command.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2017-02-10 [2ea5b06c7] Add CREATE SEQUENCE AS <data type> clause
--->
-<para>
-Add <link linkend="SQL-CREATESEQUENCE"><command>CREATE SEQUENCE AS</></> command to create a sequence matching
-an integer data type (Peter Eisentraut)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This simplifies the creation of sequences matching the range of base
-columns.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2016-11-10 [279c439c7] Support "COPY view FROM" for views with INSTEAD OF INSER
--->
-<para>
-Allow <command>COPY view FROM</> on views with <literal>INSTEAD INSERT</> triggers (Haribabu
-Kommi)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-The triggers are fed the rows from <command>COPY</>.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2017-03-14 [aefeb6874] Allow referring to functions without arguments when uniq
--->
-<para>
-Allow the specification of a function name without arguments in <acronym>DDL</>
-commands, when unique (Peter Eisentraut)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-For example, allow <link linkend="SQL-DROPFUNCTION"><command>DROP FUNCTION</></> on a function name without arguments if
-there is only one function with that name. This is required by the <acronym>SQL</>
-standard.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--<listitem>
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2017-03-06 [583f6c414] Allow dropping multiple functions at once
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2017-03-14 [aefeb6874] Allow referring to functions without arguments when uniq-->
-<para>
-Allow multiple functions, operators, and aggregates to be dropped with a
-single <command>DROP</> command (Peter Eisentraut)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
-2017-03-20 [b6fb534f1] Add IF NOT EXISTS for CREATE SERVER and CREATE USER MAPP
--->
-<para>
-Add <literal>IF NOT EXISTS</> for <link linkend="SQL-CREATESERVER"><command>CREATE SERVER</></> and
-<link linkend="SQL-CREATEUSERMAPPING"><command>CREATE USER MAPPING</></> (Anastasia
-Lubennikova)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2017-02-15 [6d16ecc64] Add CREATE COLLATION IF NOT EXISTS clause
--->
-<para>
-Add <literal>IF NOT EXISTS</> clause to <link linkend="SQL-CREATECOLLATION"><command>CREATE COLLATION</></> (Peter Eisentraut)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Fujii Masao <fujii@postgresql.org>
-2017-03-25 [70adf2fbe] Make VACUUM VERBOSE report the number of skipped frozen
--->
-<para>
-Have <link linkend="SQL-VACUUM"><command>VACUUM VERBOSE</></> report the number of skipped frozen pages (Masahiko
-Sawada)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This information is also included in <xref linkend="guc-log-autovacuum-min-duration"> output.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-01-16 [d43a619c6] Fix check_srf_call_placement() to handle VALUES cases co
--->
-<para>
-Fix <function>check_srf_call_placement()</> to handle <command>VALUES</> cases correctly (Tom
-Lane)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-NEED TEXT.
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-12-07 [f0e44751d] Implement table partitioning.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add table <link linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE-PARTITION">partitioning
+ syntax</> that automatically creates partition constraints and
+ <command>INSERT</> routing (Amit Langote)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The syntax supports range and list partitioning.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Kevin Grittner <kgrittn@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-11-04 [8c48375e5] Implement syntax for transition tables in AFTER triggers
+ Author: Kevin Grittner <kgrittn@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-04-04 [5ebeb579b] Follow-on cleanup for the transition table patch.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add <link linkend="SQL-CREATETRIGGER"><literal>AFTER</> trigger</>
+ transition table to record changed rows (Kevin Grittner)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Transition table contents are accessible from server-side languages.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
+ 2016-12-05 [093129c9d] Add support for restrictive RLS policies
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow <link linkend="SQL-CREATEPOLICY">restrictive row-level
+ security policies</> (Stephen Frost)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Previously all security policies were permissive, meaning that any
+ matching policy allowed access. Optional restrictive policies must
+ match for access to be granted. These policy types can be combined.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Teodor Sigaev <teodor@sigaev.ru>
+ 2017-03-28 [ab89e465c] Altering default privileges on schemas
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow <link linkend="SQL-ALTERDEFAULTPRIVILEGES">default
+ permissions</> on schemas (Matheus Oliveira)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This is done using the <literal>ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES</> command.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2017-02-10 [2ea5b06c7] Add CREATE SEQUENCE AS <data type> clause
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add <link linkend="SQL-CREATESEQUENCE"><command>CREATE SEQUENCE
+ AS</></> command to create a sequence matching an integer data type
+ (Peter Eisentraut)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This simplifies the creation of sequences matching the range of
+ base columns.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2016-11-10 [279c439c7] Support "COPY view FROM" for views with INSTEAD OF INSER
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow <command>COPY view FROM</> on views with <literal>INSTEAD
+ INSERT</> triggers (Haribabu Kommi)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The triggers are fed the rows from <command>COPY</>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2017-03-14 [aefeb6874] Allow referring to functions without arguments when uniq
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow the specification of a function name without arguments in
+ <acronym>DDL</> commands, when unique (Peter Eisentraut)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ For example, allow <link linkend="SQL-DROPFUNCTION"><command>DROP
+ FUNCTION</></> on a function name without arguments if there
+ is only one function with that name. This is required by the
+ <acronym>SQL</> standard.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--<listitem>
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2017-03-06 [583f6c414] Allow dropping multiple functions at once
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2017-03-14 [aefeb6874] Allow referring to functions without arguments when uniq-->
+ <para>
+ Allow multiple functions, operators, and aggregates to be dropped
+ with a single <command>DROP</> command (Peter Eisentraut)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
+ 2017-03-20 [b6fb534f1] Add IF NOT EXISTS for CREATE SERVER and CREATE USER MAPP
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add <literal>IF NOT EXISTS</> for <link
+ linkend="SQL-CREATESERVER"><command>CREATE SERVER</></> and
+ <link linkend="SQL-CREATEUSERMAPPING"><command>CREATE USER
+ MAPPING</></> (Anastasia
+ Lubennikova)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2017-02-15 [6d16ecc64] Add CREATE COLLATION IF NOT EXISTS clause
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add <literal>IF NOT EXISTS</> clause to <link
+ linkend="SQL-CREATECOLLATION"><command>CREATE COLLATION</></>
+ (Peter Eisentraut)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Fujii Masao <fujii@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-03-25 [70adf2fbe] Make VACUUM VERBOSE report the number of skipped frozen
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Have <link linkend="SQL-VACUUM"><command>VACUUM VERBOSE</></>
+ report the number of skipped frozen pages (Masahiko Sawada)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This information is also included in <xref
+ linkend="guc-log-autovacuum-min-duration"> output.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-01-16 [d43a619c6] Fix check_srf_call_placement() to handle VALUES cases co
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Fix <function>check_srf_call_placement()</> to handle
+ <command>VALUES</> cases correctly (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ NEED TEXT.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -1674,85 +1757,95 @@ NEED TEXT.
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
-2017-03-15 [c7a9fa399] Add support for EUI-64 MAC addresses as macaddr8
--->
-<para>
-Add support for <acronym>EUI-64</> <acronym>MAC</> addresses as <link linkend="datatype-macaddr8"><type>MACADDR8</></> (Haribabu Kommi)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This complements support for <acronym>EUI-48</> <acronym>MAC</> addresses as <type>macaddr</>.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2017-04-06 [321732705] Identity columns
--->
-<para>
-Add <link linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE">identity columns</> for assigning a numeric value to columns on insert
-(Peter Eisentraut)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-These are similar to <type>SERIAL</> columns, but are <acronym>SQL</> standard compliant.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2016-09-07 [0ab9c56d0] Support renaming an existing value of an enum type.
--->
-<para>
-Allow <link linkend="datatype-enum"><type>ENUM</></> values to be renamed (Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This uses the syntax <link linkend="SQL-ALTERTABLE"><command>ALTER TYPE ... RENAME VALUE</></>.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
-2017-02-22 [502a3832c] Correctly handle array pseudotypes in to_json and to_jso
--->
-<para>
-Properly treat array pseudotypes (<type>anyarray</>) as arrays in <link linkend="functions-json-creation-table"><function>to_json()</></> and <function>to_jsonb()</> (Andrew
-Dunstan)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Previously "anyarray" values were converted to <type>JSON</> strings.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2017-01-17 [323b96aa3] Register missing money operators in system catalogs
--->
-<para>
-Add <link linkend="datatype-money"><type>MONEY</></> operators for multiplication and division with <type>INT8</> values
-(Peter Eisentraut)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2016-09-14 [656df624c] Add overflow checks to money type input function
--->
-<para>
-More strictly check the <type>MONEY</> type for overflow operations (Peter
-Eisentraut)
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
+ 2017-03-15 [c7a9fa399] Add support for EUI-64 MAC addresses as macaddr8
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add support for <acronym>EUI-64</> <acronym>MAC</> addresses as
+ <link linkend="datatype-macaddr8"><type>MACADDR8</></> (Haribabu
+ Kommi)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This complements support for <acronym>EUI-48</> <acronym>MAC</>
+ addresses as <type>macaddr</>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2017-04-06 [321732705] Identity columns
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add <link linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE">identity columns</> for
+ assigning a numeric value to columns on insert (Peter Eisentraut)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ These are similar to <type>SERIAL</> columns, but are
+ <acronym>SQL</> standard compliant.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2016-09-07 [0ab9c56d0] Support renaming an existing value of an enum type.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow <link linkend="datatype-enum"><type>ENUM</></> values to be
+ renamed (Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This uses the syntax <link linkend="SQL-ALTERTABLE"><command>ALTER
+ TYPE ... RENAME VALUE</></>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
+ 2017-02-22 [502a3832c] Correctly handle array pseudotypes in to_json and to_jso
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Properly treat array pseudotypes
+ (<type>anyarray</>) as arrays in <link
+ linkend="functions-json-creation-table"><function>to_json()</></>
+ and <function>to_jsonb()</> (Andrew Dunstan)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Previously "anyarray" values were converted to <type>JSON</>
+ strings.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2017-01-17 [323b96aa3] Register missing money operators in system catalogs
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add <link linkend="datatype-money"><type>MONEY</></> operators
+ for multiplication and division with <type>INT8</> values (Peter
+ Eisentraut)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2016-09-14 [656df624c] Add overflow checks to money type input function
+ -->
+ <para>
+ More strictly check the <type>MONEY</> type for overflow operations
+ (Peter Eisentraut)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -1761,130 +1854,142 @@ Eisentraut)
<sect3>
<title>Functions</title>
- <itemizedlist>
+ <itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2016-08-17 [cf9b0fea5] Implement regexp_match(), a simplified alternative to re
--->
-<para>
-Add simplified <link linkend="functions-posix-regexp"><function>regexp_match()</></> function (Emre Hasegeli)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Similar to <function>regexp_matches()</>, but only returns results from the first
-match so it is easier use for simple cases.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
-2017-03-08 [fcec6caaf] Support XMLTABLE query expression
--->
-<para>
-Add support for converting <type>XML</>-formatted data into a row set (Pavel
-Stehule, Álvaro Herrera)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This is done by referencing the new <link linkend="functions-xml-processing-xmltable"><function>XMLTABLE</></> function.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
-2017-01-18 [d00ca333c] Implement array version of jsonb_delete and operator
--->
-<para>
-Add version of jsonb's <link linkend="functions-jsonb-op-table">delete operator</> that takes an array of keys to delete
-(Magnus Hagander)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-The <type>JSONB</> delete operator also now supports arrays.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
-2017-04-06 [cf35346e8] Make json_populate_record and friends operate recursivel
--->
-<para>
-Improve <link linkend="functions-json-processing-table"><function>json_populate_record</></> and friends operate recursively (Nikita
-Glukhov)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-CLARIFY
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2016-08-23 [86f31695f] Add txid_current_ifassigned().
--->
-<para>
-Add function <link linkend="functions-txid-snapshot"><function>txid_current_ifassigned()</></> to return <literal>NULL</> if no transaction
-id has been assigned (Craig Ringer)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This is different from <link linkend="functions-txid-snapshot"><function>txid_current()</></>, which always returns a
-transaction id by assigning one if necessary. This can be also run on
-standby servers.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-03-24 [857ee8e39] Add a txid_status function.
--->
-<para>
-Add function <link linkend="functions-txid-snapshot"><function>txid_status()</></> to check if a transaction was committed
-(Craig Ringer)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This is useful for checking after an abrupt disconnection if your
-previous transaction committed and you just didn't receive the
-acknowledgement.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
-2017-01-19 [30bcebbdc] Allow negative years in make_date to represent BC years
--->
-<para>
-Allow <link linkend="functions-formatting-table"><function>make_date()</></> to interpret negative years as <acronym>BC</> years (Álvaro
-Herrera)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2016-09-28 [d3cd36a13] Make to_timestamp() and to_date() range-check fields of
--->
-<para>
-Have <function>to_timestamp()</> and <function>to_date()</> check input values for validity
-(Artur Zakirov)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Previously <function>to_date('2009-06-40','YYYY-MM-DD')</> was accepted and returned
-'2009-07-10'. It will now generate an error.
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2016-08-17 [cf9b0fea5] Implement regexp_match(), a simplified alternative to re
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add simplified <link
+ linkend="functions-posix-regexp"><function>regexp_match()</></>
+ function (Emre Hasegeli)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Similar to <function>regexp_matches()</>, but only returns results
+ from the first match so it is easier use for simple cases.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
+ 2017-03-08 [fcec6caaf] Support XMLTABLE query expression
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add support for converting <type>XML</>-formatted data into a row
+ set (Pavel Stehule, Álvaro Herrera)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This is done by referencing the new <link
+ linkend="functions-xml-processing-xmltable"><function>XMLTABLE</></>
+ function.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
+ 2017-01-18 [d00ca333c] Implement array version of jsonb_delete and operator
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add version of jsonb's <link
+ linkend="functions-jsonb-op-table">delete operator</> that takes
+ an array of keys to delete (Magnus Hagander)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The <type>JSONB</> delete operator also now supports arrays.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
+ 2017-04-06 [cf35346e8] Make json_populate_record and friends operate recursivel
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Improve <link
+ linkend="functions-json-processing-table"><function>json_populate_record</></>
+ and friends operate recursively (Nikita Glukhov)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ CLARIFY
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-08-23 [86f31695f] Add txid_current_ifassigned().
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add function <link
+ linkend="functions-txid-snapshot"><function>txid_current_ifassigned()</></>
+ to return <literal>NULL</> if no transaction id has been assigned
+ (Craig Ringer)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This is different from <link
+ linkend="functions-txid-snapshot"><function>txid_current()</></>,
+ which always returns a transaction id by assigning one if necessary.
+ This can be also run on standby servers.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-03-24 [857ee8e39] Add a txid_status function.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add function <link
+ linkend="functions-txid-snapshot"><function>txid_status()</></>
+ to check if a transaction was committed (Craig Ringer)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This is useful for checking after an abrupt disconnection if
+ your previous transaction committed and you just didn't receive
+ the acknowledgement.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
+ 2017-01-19 [30bcebbdc] Allow negative years in make_date to represent BC years
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow <link
+ linkend="functions-formatting-table"><function>make_date()</></>
+ to interpret negative years as <acronym>BC</> years (Álvaro
+ Herrera)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2016-09-28 [d3cd36a13] Make to_timestamp() and to_date() range-check fields of
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Have <function>to_timestamp()</> and <function>to_date()</> check
+ input values for validity (Artur Zakirov)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Previously <function>to_date('2009-06-40','YYYY-MM-DD')</> was
+ accepted and returned '2009-07-10'. It will now generate an error.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ </itemizedlist>
</sect3>
@@ -1893,99 +1998,102 @@ Previously <function>to_date('2009-06-40','YYYY-MM-DD')</> was accepted and retu
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2017-03-27 [70ec3f1f8] PL/Python: Add cursor and execute methods to plan object
--->
-<para>
-Allow the PL/Python plan object to call cursor and execute methods
-(Peter Eisentraut)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This is a more object oriented style.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2016-12-13 [55caaaeba] Improve handling of array elements as getdiag_targets an
--->
-<para>
-Allow PL/pgSQL's <command>GET DIAGNOSTICS</> to retrieve values into array elements
-(Tom Lane)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2016-11-08 [1833f1a1c] Simplify code by getting rid of SPI_push, SPI_pop, SPI_r
-
--->
-<para>
-Remove <acronym>SPI</> functions <function>SPI_push()</>, <function>SPI_pop()</>, <function>SPI_restore_connection()</> as
-unnecessary (Tom Lane)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Their functionality now happens automatically. Also, <function>SPI_palloc()</> now
-requires an active connection.
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2017-03-27 [70ec3f1f8] PL/Python: Add cursor and execute methods to plan object
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow the PL/Python plan object to call cursor and execute methods
+ (Peter Eisentraut)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This is a more object oriented style.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2016-12-13 [55caaaeba] Improve handling of array elements as getdiag_targets an
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow PL/pgSQL's <command>GET DIAGNOSTICS</> to retrieve values
+ into array elements (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2016-11-08 [1833f1a1c] Simplify code by getting rid of SPI_push, SPI_pop, SPI_r
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Remove <acronym>SPI</> functions <function>SPI_push()</>,
+ <function>SPI_pop()</>, <function>SPI_restore_connection()</>
+ as unnecessary (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Their functionality now happens automatically. Also,
+ <function>SPI_palloc()</> now requires an active connection.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<sect4>
- <title><link linkend="pltcl">PL/Tcl</></title>
+ <title><link linkend="pltcl">PL/Tcl</></title>
- <itemizedlist>
+ <itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2016-11-06 [26abb50c4] Support PL/Tcl functions that return composite types and
--->
-<para>
-Allow PL/Tcl functions to return composite types and sets (Jim Nasby)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-03-11 [b58fd4a9c] Add a "subtransaction" command to PL/Tcl.
--->
-<para>
-Add a subtransaction command to PL/Tcl (Victor Wagner)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This allows PL/Tcl queries to fail without aborting the entire function.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-03-07 [0d2b1f305] Invent start_proc parameters for PL/Tcl.
--->
-<para>
-Add <acronym>GUC</>s to allow initialization routines to be called on PL/Tcl startup
-(Tom Lane)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-The <acronym>GUC</>s are <varname>pltcl.start_proc</> and <varname>pltclu.start_proc</>.
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2016-11-06 [26abb50c4] Support PL/Tcl functions that return composite types and
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow PL/Tcl functions to return composite types and sets
+ (Jim Nasby)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-03-11 [b58fd4a9c] Add a "subtransaction" command to PL/Tcl.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add a subtransaction command to PL/Tcl (Victor Wagner)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This allows PL/Tcl queries to fail without aborting the entire
+ function.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-03-07 [0d2b1f305] Invent start_proc parameters for PL/Tcl.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add <acronym>GUC</>s to allow initialization routines to be called
+ on PL/Tcl startup (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The <acronym>GUC</>s are <varname>pltcl.start_proc</> and
+ <varname>pltclu.start_proc</>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
-
+ </itemizedlist>
+
</sect4>
-
+
</sect3>
<sect3>
@@ -1993,64 +2101,69 @@ The <acronym>GUC</>s are <varname>pltcl.start_proc</> and <varname>pltclu.start_
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2016-11-03 [274bb2b38] libpq: Allow connection strings and <acronym>URI</>s to specify mult
--->
-<para>
-Allow libpq to connect to <link linkend="libpq-connect-host">multiple specified</> host names (Robert Haas)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-libpq will connect with the first responsive host name.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2016-11-29 [721f7bd3c] libpq: Add target_session_attrs parameter.
--->
-<para>
-Allow the libpq connection string to request a <link linkend="libpq-connect-target-session-attrs">read/write host</> (Victor
-Wagner, Mithun Cy)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This is useful when multiple libpq host names are specified, and is
-controlled by libpq connection parameter <option>target_session_attrs</>.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-01-24 [ba005f193] Allow password file name to be specified as a libpq conn
--->
-<para>
-Allow <link linkend="libpq-connect-passfile">password file name</> to be specified as a libpq connection parameter
-(Julian Markwort)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Previously this could only be specified via an environment variable.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2016-08-16 [a7b5573d6] Remove separate version numbering for ecpg preprocessor.
--->
-<para>
-ecpg preprocessor version changed from 4.12 to 10 (Tom Lane)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-The ecpg version now matches the Postgres distribution version number.
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-11-03 [274bb2b38] libpq: Allow connection strings and <acronym>URI</>s to specify mult
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow libpq to connect to <link
+ linkend="libpq-connect-host">multiple specified</> host names
+ (Robert Haas)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ libpq will connect with the first responsive host name.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-11-29 [721f7bd3c] libpq: Add target_session_attrs parameter.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow the libpq connection string to request a <link
+ linkend="libpq-connect-target-session-attrs">read/write host</>
+ (Victor Wagner, Mithun Cy)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This is useful when multiple libpq host names are
+ specified, and is controlled by libpq connection parameter
+ <option>target_session_attrs</>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-01-24 [ba005f193] Allow password file name to be specified as a libpq conn
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow <link linkend="libpq-connect-passfile">password file name</>
+ to be specified as a libpq connection parameter (Julian Markwort)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Previously this could only be specified via an environment variable.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2016-08-16 [a7b5573d6] Remove separate version numbering for ecpg preprocessor.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ ecpg preprocessor version changed from 4.12 to 10 (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The ecpg version now matches the Postgres distribution version
+ number.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -2059,138 +2172,143 @@ The ecpg version now matches the Postgres distribution version number.
<sect3>
<title>Client Applications</title>
- <sect4>
- <title><xref linkend="APP-PSQL"></title>
+ <sect4>
+ <title><xref linkend="APP-PSQL"></title>
- <itemizedlist>
+ <itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-03-30 [e984ef586] Support \if ... \elif ... \else ... \endif in psql scrip
--->
-<para>
-Add conditional branch support to <application>psql</> (Corey Huinker)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-The new syntax uses \if, \elif, \else, and \endif. This is particularly
-helpful for scripting.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
-2017-03-07 [b2678efd4] psql: Add \gx command
--->
-<para>
-Add <application>psql</> \gx command to perform \g(execute) in expanded mode (\x)
-(Christoph Berg)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2016-11-03 [a0f357e57] psql: Split up "Modifiers" column in \d and \dD
--->
-<para>
-Improve <application>psql</>'s \d (relation) and \dD (domain) commands to specify
-collation, nullable, and default in separate columns (Peter Eisentraut)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Previous they were in a single "Modifiers" column.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-04-01 [f833c847b] Allow psql variable substitution to occur in backtick co
--->
-<para>
-Expand <application>psql</> colon variables when used in backtick-executed contexts (Tom Lane)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This is particularly useful for the new <application>psql</> conditional branch support
-commands.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-01-30 [511ae628f] Make psql reject attempts to set special variables to in
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-02-01 [86322dc7e] Improve psql's behavior for \set and \unset of its contr
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-02-02 [fd6cd6980] Clean up psql's behavior for a few more control variable
--->
-<para>
-Prevent <application>psql</> special variables from being set to invalid values (Daniel
-Vérité, Tom Lane)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Previously setting <application>psql</> special variables to invalid values produced the
-default behavior. \set and \unset of special variables now sets them to
-"on" and its default value, rather than a zero-length string and
-undefined. Also have \set always display values for <literal>FETCH_COUNT</>,
-<literal>HISTSIZE</>, and <literal>IGNOREEOF</>.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-04-02 [5dbc5da11] Fix behavior of psql's \p to agree with \g, \w, etc.
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-04-02 [68dba97a4] Document psql's behavior of recalling the previously exe
--->
-<para>
-Fix <application>psql</> \p to always print what would be executed by \g or \w (Daniel
-Vérité)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Previously \p didn't properly print the reverted-to command after a
-buffer contents reset. CLARIFY?
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2016-08-18 [49917dbd7] Improve psql's tab completion for ALTER EXTENSION foo UP
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2016-08-18 [8019b5a89] Improve psql's tab completion for \l.
-Author: Kevin Grittner <kgrittn@postgresql.org>
-2016-09-01 [76f9dd4fa] Improve tab completion for BEGIN & START|SET TRANSACTION
-Author: Kevin Grittner <kgrittn@postgresql.org>
-2016-09-11 [52803098a] psql tab completion for CREATE DATABASE ... TEMPLATE ...
-Author: Kevin Grittner <kgrittn@postgresql.org>
-2016-09-12 [63c1a8719] Fix recent commit for tab-completion of database templat
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2016-11-03 [1d15d0db5] psql: Tab-complete LOCK [TABLE] ... IN {ACCESS|ROW|SHARE
-Author: Kevin Grittner <kgrittn@postgresql.org>
-2016-11-04 [927d7bb6b] Improve tab completion for CREATE TRIGGER.
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2016-11-08 [577f0bdd2] psql: Tab completion for renaming enum values.
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2017-03-01 [b5a388392] psql: Add tab completion for DEALLOCATE
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2017-03-16 [d7d77f382] psql: Add completion for \help DROP|ALTER
--->
-<para>
-Improve <application>psql</>'s tab completion (Jeff Janes, Ian Barwick, Andreas Karlsson,
-Sehrope Sarkuni, Thomas Munro, Kevin Grittner, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker)
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-03-30 [e984ef586] Support \if ... \elif ... \else ... \endif in psql scrip
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add conditional branch support to <application>psql</> (Corey
+ Huinker)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The new syntax uses \if, \elif, \else, and \endif. This is
+ particularly helpful for scripting.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
+ 2017-03-07 [b2678efd4] psql: Add \gx command
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add <application>psql</> \gx command to perform \g(execute)
+ in expanded mode (\x) (Christoph Berg)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2016-11-03 [a0f357e57] psql: Split up "Modifiers" column in \d and \dD
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Improve <application>psql</>'s \d (relation) and \dD (domain)
+ commands to specify collation, nullable, and default in separate
+ columns (Peter Eisentraut)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Previous they were in a single "Modifiers" column.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-04-01 [f833c847b] Allow psql variable substitution to occur in backtick co
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Expand <application>psql</> colon variables when used in
+ backtick-executed contexts (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This is particularly useful for the new <application>psql</>
+ conditional branch support commands.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-01-30 [511ae628f] Make psql reject attempts to set special variables to in
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-02-01 [86322dc7e] Improve psql's behavior for \set and \unset of its contr
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-02-02 [fd6cd6980] Clean up psql's behavior for a few more control variable
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Prevent <application>psql</> special variables from being set to
+ invalid values (Daniel Vérité, Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Previously setting <application>psql</> special variables
+ to invalid values produced the default behavior. \set and
+ \unset of special variables now sets them to "on" and its
+ default value, rather than a zero-length string and undefined.
+ Also have \set always display values for <literal>FETCH_COUNT</>,
+ <literal>HISTSIZE</>, and <literal>IGNOREEOF</>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-04-02 [5dbc5da11] Fix behavior of psql's \p to agree with \g, \w, etc.
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-04-02 [68dba97a4] Document psql's behavior of recalling the previously exe
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Fix <application>psql</> \p to always print what would be executed
+ by \g or \w (Daniel Vérité)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Previously \p didn't properly print the reverted-to command after
+ a buffer contents reset. CLARIFY?
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2016-08-18 [49917dbd7] Improve psql's tab completion for ALTER EXTENSION foo UP
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2016-08-18 [8019b5a89] Improve psql's tab completion for \l.
+ Author: Kevin Grittner <kgrittn@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-09-01 [76f9dd4fa] Improve tab completion for BEGIN & START|SET TRANSACTION
+ Author: Kevin Grittner <kgrittn@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-09-11 [52803098a] psql tab completion for CREATE DATABASE ... TEMPLATE ...
+ Author: Kevin Grittner <kgrittn@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-09-12 [63c1a8719] Fix recent commit for tab-completion of database templat
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-11-03 [1d15d0db5] psql: Tab-complete LOCK [TABLE] ... IN {ACCESS|ROW|SHARE
+ Author: Kevin Grittner <kgrittn@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-11-04 [927d7bb6b] Improve tab completion for CREATE TRIGGER.
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-11-08 [577f0bdd2] psql: Tab completion for renaming enum values.
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2017-03-01 [b5a388392] psql: Add tab completion for DEALLOCATE
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2017-03-16 [d7d77f382] psql: Add completion for \help DROP|ALTER
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Improve <application>psql</>'s tab completion (Jeff Janes,
+ Ian Barwick, Andreas Karlsson, Sehrope Sarkuni, Thomas Munro,
+ Kevin Grittner, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ </itemizedlist>
</sect4>
@@ -2199,27 +2317,27 @@ Sehrope Sarkuni, Thomas Munro, Kevin Grittner, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker)
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2016-11-09 [41124a91e] pgbench: Allow the transaction log file prefix to be cha
--->
-<para>
-Add pgbench option <option>--log-prefix</> to control the log file prefix (Masahiko
-Sawada)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-01-20 [cdc2a7047] Allow backslash line continuations in pgbench's meta com
--->
-<para>
-Allow pgbench's meta commands to span multiple lines via a
-line-terminating backslash (Fabien Coelho)
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-11-09 [41124a91e] pgbench: Allow the transaction log file prefix to be cha
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add pgbench option <option>--log-prefix</> to control the log
+ file prefix (Masahiko Sawada)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-01-20 [cdc2a7047] Allow backslash line continuations in pgbench's meta com
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow pgbench's meta commands to span multiple lines via a
+ line-terminating backslash (Fabien Coelho)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -2232,421 +2350,445 @@ line-terminating backslash (Fabien Coelho)
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
-2017-01-17 [cada1af31] Add compression support to pg_receivexlog
--->
-<para>
-Add <link linkend="app-pgreceivewal"><application>pg_receivewal</></> option <option>-Z</>/<option>--compress</> to support compression (Michael
-Paquier)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
-2017-01-04 [7c030783a] Add pg_recvlogical \-\-endpos=LSN
--->
-<para>
-Add <link linkend="app-pgrecvlogical"><application>pg_recvlogical</></> option (<option>--endpos</>) to specify the ending position
-(Craig Ringer)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This complements the existing <option>--startpos</> option.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2016-10-19 [5d58c07a4] initdb pg_basebackup: Rename \-\-noxxx options to \-\-no-xxx
--->
-<para>
-Rename <link linkend="APP-INITDB"><application>initdb</></> options <option>--noclean</> and <option>--nosync</> to be spelled <option>--no-clean</>
-and <option>--no-sync</> (Vik Fearing, Peter Eisentraut)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-The old spellings are still supported.
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
+ 2017-01-17 [cada1af31] Add compression support to pg_receivexlog
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add <link
+ linkend="app-pgreceivewal"><application>pg_receivewal</></>
+ option <option>-Z</>/<option>--compress</> to support compression
+ (Michael Paquier)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
+ 2017-01-04 [7c030783a] Add pg_recvlogical \-\-endpos=LSN
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add <link
+ linkend="app-pgrecvlogical"><application>pg_recvlogical</></> option
+ (<option>--endpos</>) to specify the ending position (Craig Ringer)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This complements the existing <option>--startpos</> option.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2016-10-19 [5d58c07a4] initdb pg_basebackup: Rename \-\-noxxx options to \-\-no-xxx
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Rename <link linkend="APP-INITDB"><application>initdb</></>
+ options <option>--noclean</> and <option>--nosync</> to be spelled
+ <option>--no-clean</> and <option>--no-sync</> (Vik Fearing,
+ Peter Eisentraut)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The old spellings are still supported.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<sect4>
- <title><link linkend="APP-PGDUMP"><application>pg_dump</></>, <link linkend="APP-PG-DUMPALL"><application>pg_dumpall</></>.
- <link linkend="APP-PGRESTORE"><application>pg_restore</></></title>
+ <title><link linkend="APP-PGDUMP"><application>pg_dump</></>, <link linkend="APP-PG-DUMPALL"><application>pg_dumpall</></>.
+ <link linkend="APP-PGRESTORE"><application>pg_restore</></></title>
- <itemizedlist>
+ <itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2016-09-20 [46b55e7f8] pg_restore: Add -N option to exclude schemas
--->
-<para>
-Allow <application>pg_restore</> to exclude schemas (Michael Banck)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This added a new <option>-N</>/<option>--exclude-schema</> option.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
-2016-11-29 [4fafa579b] Add \-\-no-blobs option to pg_dump
--->
-<para>
-Add <option>--no-blobs</> option to
-<application>pg_dump</> (Guillaume Lelarge)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This suppresses the dumping of large objects.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
-2017-03-07 [9a83d56b3] Allow pg_dumpall to dump roles w/o user passwords
--->
-<para>
-Add <application>pg_dumpall</> option <option>--no-role-passwords</> to dump roles without user
-passwords (Robins Tharakan, Simon Riggs)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This allows easier dumping for less-privileged users.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
-2017-03-22 [96a7128b7] Sync pg_dump and pg_dumpall output
--->
-<para>
-Issue fsync on the output files generated by <application>pg_dump</> and
-<application>pg_dumpall</> (Michael Paquier)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This can be disabled with the <option>--no-sync</> option.
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2016-09-20 [46b55e7f8] pg_restore: Add -N option to exclude schemas
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow <application>pg_restore</> to exclude schemas (Michael Banck)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This added a new <option>-N</>/<option>--exclude-schema</> option.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
+ 2016-11-29 [4fafa579b] Add \-\-no-blobs option to pg_dump
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add <option>--no-blobs</> option to
+ <application>pg_dump</> (Guillaume Lelarge)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This suppresses the dumping of large objects.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
+ 2017-03-07 [9a83d56b3] Allow pg_dumpall to dump roles w/o user passwords
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add <application>pg_dumpall</> option
+ <option>--no-role-passwords</> to dump roles without user passwords
+ (Robins Tharakan, Simon Riggs)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This allows easier dumping for less-privileged users.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
+ 2017-03-22 [96a7128b7] Sync pg_dump and pg_dumpall output
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Issue fsync on the output files generated by
+ <application>pg_dump</> and
+ <application>pg_dumpall</> (Michael Paquier)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This can be disabled with the <option>--no-sync</> option.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ </itemizedlist>
- </sect4>
-
- <sect4>
+ </sect4>
+
+ <sect4>
<title><xref linkend="app-pgbasebackup"></title>
- <itemizedlist>
+ <itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
-2016-10-23 [56c7d8d45] Allow pg_basebackup to stream transaction log in tar mod
-Author: Fujii Masao <fujii@postgresql.org>
-2016-12-21 [ecbdc4c55] Forbid invalid combination of options in pg_basebackup.
--->
-<para>
-Allow <application>pg_basebackup</> to stream transaction log in tar mode (Magnus
-Hagander)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-The <acronym>WAL</> will be stored in a separate tar file from the base backup.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
-2017-01-16 [e7b020f78] Make pg_basebackup use temporary replication slots
--->
-<para>
-Make <application>pg_basebackup</> use temporary replication slots (Magnus Hagander)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Temporary replication slots will be used by default when <application>pg_basebackup</>
-uses wal streaming with default options.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2016-09-29 [bc34223bc] pg_basebackup pg_receivexlog: Issue fsync more carefully
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2016-09-29 [6ed2d8584] pg_basebackup: Add - option-->
-<para>
-Improve fsync handling of <application>pg_basebackup</> and <application>pg_receivewal</> (Michael Paquier)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Also add <option>-nosync</> option to disable fsync.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2016-09-28 [6ad8ac602] Exclude additional directories in pg_basebackup
--->
-<para>
-Improve <application>pg_basebackup</>'s handling of which directories to skip (David
-Steele)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Also improve the documentation of skipped directories.
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
+ 2016-10-23 [56c7d8d45] Allow pg_basebackup to stream transaction log in tar mod
+ Author: Fujii Masao <fujii@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-12-21 [ecbdc4c55] Forbid invalid combination of options in pg_basebackup.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow <application>pg_basebackup</> to stream transaction log in
+ tar mode (Magnus Hagander)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The <acronym>WAL</> will be stored in a separate tar file from
+ the base backup.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
+ 2017-01-16 [e7b020f78] Make pg_basebackup use temporary replication slots
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Make <application>pg_basebackup</> use temporary replication slots
+ (Magnus Hagander)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Temporary replication slots will be used by default when
+ <application>pg_basebackup</> uses wal streaming with default
+ options.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2016-09-29 [bc34223bc] pg_basebackup pg_receivexlog: Issue fsync more carefully
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2016-09-29 [6ed2d8584] pg_basebackup: Add - option-->
+ <para>
+ Improve fsync handling of <application>pg_basebackup</> and
+ <application>pg_receivewal</> (Michael Paquier)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Also add <option>-nosync</> option to disable fsync.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2016-09-28 [6ad8ac602] Exclude additional directories in pg_basebackup
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Improve <application>pg_basebackup</>'s handling of which
+ directories to skip (David Steele)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Also improve the documentation of skipped directories.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ </itemizedlist>
- </sect4>
-
- <sect4>
- <title><application><xref linkend="app-pg-ctl"></></title>
+ </sect4>
+
+ <sect4>
+ <title><application><xref linkend="app-pg-ctl"></></title>
- <itemizedlist>
+ <itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2016-09-21 [e7010ce47] pg_ctl: Add wait option to promote action
--->
-<para>
-Add wait option for <application><xref linkend="app-pg-ctl"></>'s promote operation (Peter Eisentraut)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2016-10-19 [0be22457d] pg_ctl: Add long options for -w and -W
--->
-<para>
-Add log options for <application>pg_ctl</> wait (<option>--wait</>) and no-wait (<option>--no-wait</>) (Vik Fearing)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2016-10-19 [caf936b09] pg_ctl: Add long option for -o
--->
-<para>
-Add long options flag for <application>pg_ctl</> <literal>options</> (Peter Eisentraut)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-It is called <option>--options</>.
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2016-09-21 [e7010ce47] pg_ctl: Add wait option to promote action
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add wait option for <application><xref linkend="app-pg-ctl"></>'s
+ promote operation (Peter Eisentraut)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2016-10-19 [0be22457d] pg_ctl: Add long options for -w and -W
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add log options for <application>pg_ctl</> wait (<option>--wait</>)
+ and no-wait (<option>--no-wait</>) (Vik Fearing)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2016-10-19 [caf936b09] pg_ctl: Add long option for -o
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add long options flag for <application>pg_ctl</>
+ <literal>options</> (Peter Eisentraut)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ It is called <option>--options</>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
-
- </sect4>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </sect4>
+
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Source Code</title>
- <itemizedlist>
+ <itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2016-08-15 [ca9112a42] Stamp HEAD as 10devel.
--->
-<para>
-New major version numbering (Peter Eisentraut, Tom Lane)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Major versions will now increase just the first number, and minor
-releases will increase just the second number. A third number will no
-longer be used in Postgres version numbers.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2017-03-23 [eccfef81e] ICU support
--->
-<para>
-Allow the <link linkend="configure"><acronym>ICU</></> library to optionally be used for collation support (Peter
-Eisentraut)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-The <acronym>ICU</> library has versioning that allows detection of collation
-changes between versions. It is enabled via configure option
-<option>--with-icu</>. The default still uses the operating system's native
-collation library.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2016-11-04 [c8ead2a39] Provide DLLEXPORT markers for C functions via PG_FUNCTIO
--->
-<para>
-Automatically mark all <link linkend="xfunc-c"><function>PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1</></> functions as <literal>DLLEXPORT</>-ed on
-<systemitem class="osname">Windows</> (Laurenz Albe)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-If third-party code is using <literal>extern</> function declarations, they should
-also add <literal>DLLEXPORT</> markers to those declarations.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2016-12-02 [13e14a78e] Management of free memory pages.
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2016-12-02 [13df76a53] Introduce dynamic shared memory areas.
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2016-12-19 [e13029a5c] Provide a DSA area for all parallel queries.
--->
-<para>
-Allow shared memory to be dynamically allocated (Thomas Munro, Robert Haas)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
-2017-02-27 [58b25e981] Add "Slab" MemoryContext implementation for efficient eq
--->
-<para>
-Add slab-like memory allocator for efficient fixed-size allocations
-(Tomas Vondra)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2016-10-09 [ecb0d20a9] Use unnamed POSIX semaphores, if available, on Linux and
--->
-<para>
-Use <acronym>POSIX</> semaphores rather than SysV semaphores on <systemitem
-class="osname">Linux</> and <systemitem class="osname">FreeBSD</>
-(Tom Lane)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This avoids some limits on SysV semaphore usage.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
-2017-04-07 [e8fdbd58f] Improve 64bit atomics support.
--->
-<para>
-Improve support for 64-bit atomics (Andres Freund)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
-2017-03-10 [f8f1430ae] Enable 64 bit atomics on ARM64.
--->
-<para>
-Enable 64-bit atomic operations on <acronym>ARM64</> (Roman Shaposhnik)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-01-02 [1d63f7d2d] Use clock_gettime(), if available, in instr_time measure
--->
-<para>
-Switch to using <function>clock_gettime()</>, if available, for duration measurements
-(Tom Lane)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-<function>gettimeofday()</> is used if <function>clock_gettime()</> is not available.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
-2016-12-05 [fe0a0b599] Replace PostmasterRandom() with a stronger source, secon
--->
-<para>
-Add more robust random number generators to be used for
-cryptographic secure uses (Magnus Hagander, Michael Paquier, Heikki
-Linnakangas)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-If no strong random number generator can be found, configure will fail
-unless the <link linkend="configure">configure</> <option>--disable-strong-random</> is used. However, with
-this option, pgcrypto functions requiring a strong random number
-generator will be disabled.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2016-08-18 [e8306745e] doc: Speed up XSLT builds
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2016-08-24 [0e4cc1fc5] doc: Fix XSLT speedup with older upstream stylesheet ver
--->
-<para>
-Overhaul documentation <link linkend="docguide-toolsets">build process</> (Alexander Lakhin, Alexander Law)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2017-04-06 [510074f9f] Remove use of Jade and DSSSL
--->
-<para>
-Use <acronym>XSLT</> to build the Postgres documentation (Peter Eisentraut)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Previously <application>Jade</>, <acronym>DSSSL,</> and <application>JadeTex</> were used.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2016-11-15 [e36ddab11] Build HTML documentation using XSLT stylesheets by defau
--->
-<para>
-Build <acronym>HTML</> documentation using <acronym>XSLT</> stylesheets by default (Peter
-Eisentraut)
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2016-08-15 [ca9112a42] Stamp HEAD as 10devel.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ New major version numbering (Peter Eisentraut, Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Major versions will now increase just the first number, and minor
+ releases will increase just the second number. A third number
+ will no longer be used in Postgres version numbers.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2017-03-23 [eccfef81e] ICU support
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow the <link linkend="configure"><acronym>ICU</></> library to
+ optionally be used for collation support (Peter Eisentraut)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The <acronym>ICU</> library has versioning that allows detection
+ of collation changes between versions. It is enabled via configure
+ option <option>--with-icu</>. The default still uses the operating
+ system's native collation library.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2016-11-04 [c8ead2a39] Provide DLLEXPORT markers for C functions via PG_FUNCTIO
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Automatically mark all <link
+ linkend="xfunc-c"><function>PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1</></> functions
+ as <literal>DLLEXPORT</>-ed on
+ <systemitem class="osname">Windows</> (Laurenz Albe)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ If third-party code is using <literal>extern</> function
+ declarations, they should also add <literal>DLLEXPORT</> markers
+ to those declarations.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-12-02 [13e14a78e] Management of free memory pages.
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-12-02 [13df76a53] Introduce dynamic shared memory areas.
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-12-19 [e13029a5c] Provide a DSA area for all parallel queries.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow shared memory to be dynamically allocated (Thomas Munro,
+ Robert Haas)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
+ 2017-02-27 [58b25e981] Add "Slab" MemoryContext implementation for efficient eq
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add slab-like memory allocator for efficient fixed-size allocations
+ (Tomas Vondra)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2016-10-09 [ecb0d20a9] Use unnamed POSIX semaphores, if available, on Linux and
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Use <acronym>POSIX</> semaphores rather than SysV semaphores
+ on <systemitem class="osname">Linux</> and <systemitem
+ class="osname">FreeBSD</> (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This avoids some limits on SysV semaphore usage.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
+ 2017-04-07 [e8fdbd58f] Improve 64bit atomics support.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Improve support for 64-bit atomics (Andres Freund)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
+ 2017-03-10 [f8f1430ae] Enable 64 bit atomics on ARM64.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Enable 64-bit atomic operations on <acronym>ARM64</> (Roman
+ Shaposhnik)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-01-02 [1d63f7d2d] Use clock_gettime(), if available, in instr_time measure
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Switch to using <function>clock_gettime()</>, if available, for
+ duration measurements (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ <function>gettimeofday()</> is used if <function>clock_gettime()</>
+ is not available.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
+ 2016-12-05 [fe0a0b599] Replace PostmasterRandom() with a stronger source, secon
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add more robust random number generators to be used for
+ cryptographic secure uses (Magnus Hagander, Michael Paquier,
+ Heikki Linnakangas)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ If no strong random number generator can be found, configure
+ will fail unless the <link linkend="configure">configure</>
+ <option>--disable-strong-random</> is used. However, with this
+ option, pgcrypto functions requiring a strong random number
+ generator will be disabled.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2016-08-18 [e8306745e] doc: Speed up XSLT builds
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2016-08-24 [0e4cc1fc5] doc: Fix XSLT speedup with older upstream stylesheet ver
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Overhaul documentation <link linkend="docguide-toolsets">build
+ process</> (Alexander Lakhin, Alexander Law)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2017-04-06 [510074f9f] Remove use of Jade and DSSSL
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Use <acronym>XSLT</> to build the Postgres documentation (Peter
+ Eisentraut)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Previously <application>Jade</>, <acronym>DSSSL,</> and
+ <application>JadeTex</> were used.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2016-11-15 [e36ddab11] Build HTML documentation using XSLT stylesheets by defau
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Build <acronym>HTML</> documentation using <acronym>XSLT</>
+ stylesheets by default (Peter Eisentraut)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -2657,210 +2799,230 @@ Eisentraut)
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2016-09-29 [8e91e12bc] Allow contrib/file_fdw to read from a program, like COPY
--->
-<para>
-Allow <link linkend="file-fdw"><application>file_fdw</></> to read from program output as well as files (Corey Huinker, Adam Gomaa)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2016-10-21 [7012b132d] postgres_fdw: Push down aggregates to remote servers.
--->
-<para>
-Push aggregates to foreign data wrapper servers, where possible (Jeevan
-Chalke, Ashutosh Bapat)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This reduces the amount of data that must be passed from the foreign
-data wrapper server, and offloads aggregate computation from the
-requesting server. The <link linkend="postgres-fdw"><application>postgres_fdw</></> is able to perform this
-optimization.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-03-16 [b30fb56b0] postgres_fdw: Push down <literal>FULL JOIN</>s with restriction clau
--->
-<para>
-Allow push down of <literal>FULL JOIN</> queries containing subqueries in the
-<literal>FROM</> clause to foreign servers (Etsuro Fujita)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
-2016-08-26 [ae025a159] Support OID system column in postgres_fdw.
--->
-<para>
-Properly support <type>OID</> columns in <application>postgres_fdw</> tables (Etsuro Fujita)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Previously <type>OID</> columns always returned zeros.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
-2017-03-21 [f7946a92b] Add btree_gist support for enum types.
--->
-<para>
-Allow <link linkend="btree-gist"><application>btree_gist</></> and <link linkend="btree-gin"><application>btree_gin</></> to index enum types
-(Andrew Dunstan)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This allows enums to be used in exclusion constraints.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2016-11-29 [11da83a0e] Add uuid to the set of types supported by contrib/btree_
--->
-<para>
-Add indexing support to <application>btree_gist</> for the <type>UUID</> data type (Paul
-Jungwirth)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
-2017-03-09 [3717dc149] Add amcheck extension to contrib.
--->
-<para>
-Add <link linkend="amcheck"><application>amcheck</></> which can check the validity of btree indexes (Peter
-Geoghegan)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2017-03-27 [a6f22e835] Show ignored constants as "$N" rather than "?" in pg_sta
--->
-<para>
-Show ignored constants as <literal>$N</> rather than <literal>?</> in
-<link linkend="pgstatstatements"><application>pg_stat_statements</></> (Lukas Fittl)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-2016-09-27 [f31a931fa] Improve contrib/cube's handling of zero-D cubes, infinit
--->
-<para>
-Improve <link linkend="cube"><application>cube</></>'s handling of zero-dimensional cubes (Tom Lane)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This also improves handling of <literal>infinite</> and <literal>NaN</> values.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
-2016-09-29 [6e654546f] Don't bother to lock bufmgr partitions in pg_buffercache
--->
-<para>
-Allow <link linkend="pgbuffercache"><application>pg_buffercache</></> to run with fewer locks (Ivan Kartyshov)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This allows it be less disruptive when run on production systems.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-02-03 [e759854a0] pgstattuple: Add pgstathashindex.
--->
-<para>
-Add <function>pgstathashindex()</> function to <link linkend="pgstattuple"><application>pgstattuple</></> to view hash index
-statistics (Ashutosh Sharma)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
-2016-09-29 [fd321a1df] Remove superuser checks in pgstattuple
--->
-<para>
-Allow <link linkend="pgstattuple"><application>pgstattuple</></> to use <command>GRANT</> permissions (Stephen Frost)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This allows non-superusers to run these functions if permissions allow.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2016-10-28 [d4b5d4cad] pgstattuple: Don't take heavyweight locks when examining
--->
-<para>
-Reduce locking when <link linkend="pgstattuple"><application>pgstattuple</></> examines hash indexes (Amit Kapila)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2017-03-17 [fef2bcdcb] pageinspect: Add page_checksum function
--->
-<para>
-Add <function>page_checksum()</> function to <link linkend="pageinspect"><application>pageinspect</></> (Tomas Vondra)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
-2017-02-02 [08bf6e529] pageinspect: Support hash indexes.
--->
-<para>
-Add hash index support to <link linkend="pageinspect"><application>pageinspect</></> (Jesper Pedersen, Ashutosh
-Sharma)
-</para>
-</listitem>
-
-<listitem>
-<!--
-Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
-2017-04-04 [193f5f9e9] pageinspect: Add bt_page_items function with bytea argum
--->
-<para>
-Add <link linkend="pageinspect"><application>pageinspect</></> function <function>bt_page_items()</> to print page items
-from a page image (Tomas Vondra)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Previously only block numbers were supported.
-</para>
-</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2016-09-29 [8e91e12bc] Allow contrib/file_fdw to read from a program, like COPY
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow <link linkend="file-fdw"><application>file_fdw</></> to read
+ from program output as well as files (Corey Huinker, Adam Gomaa)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-10-21 [7012b132d] postgres_fdw: Push down aggregates to remote servers.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Push aggregates to foreign data wrapper servers, where possible
+ (Jeevan Chalke, Ashutosh Bapat)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This reduces the amount of data that must be passed
+ from the foreign data wrapper server, and offloads
+ aggregate computation from the requesting server. The <link
+ linkend="postgres-fdw"><application>postgres_fdw</></> is able to
+ perform this optimization.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-03-16 [b30fb56b0] postgres_fdw: Push down <literal>FULL JOIN</>s with restriction clau
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow push down of <literal>FULL JOIN</> queries containing
+ subqueries in the
+ <literal>FROM</> clause to foreign servers (Etsuro Fujita)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
+ 2016-08-26 [ae025a159] Support OID system column in postgres_fdw.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Properly support <type>OID</> columns in
+ <application>postgres_fdw</> tables (Etsuro Fujita)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Previously <type>OID</> columns always returned zeros.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
+ 2017-03-21 [f7946a92b] Add btree_gist support for enum types.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow <link linkend="btree-gist"><application>btree_gist</></>
+ and <link linkend="btree-gin"><application>btree_gin</></> to
+ index enum types (Andrew Dunstan)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This allows enums to be used in exclusion constraints.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2016-11-29 [11da83a0e] Add uuid to the set of types supported by contrib/btree_
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add indexing support to <application>btree_gist</> for the
+ <type>UUID</> data type (Paul Jungwirth)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
+ 2017-03-09 [3717dc149] Add amcheck extension to contrib.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add <link linkend="amcheck"><application>amcheck</></> which can
+ check the validity of btree indexes (Peter Geoghegan)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2017-03-27 [a6f22e835] Show ignored constants as "$N" rather than "?" in pg_sta
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Show ignored constants as <literal>$N</> rather than <literal>?</>
+ in
+ <link
+ linkend="pgstatstatements"><application>pg_stat_statements</></>
+ (Lukas Fittl)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
+ 2016-09-27 [f31a931fa] Improve contrib/cube's handling of zero-D cubes, infinit
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Improve <link linkend="cube"><application>cube</></>'s handling
+ of zero-dimensional cubes (Tom Lane)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This also improves handling of <literal>infinite</> and
+ <literal>NaN</> values.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
+ 2016-09-29 [6e654546f] Don't bother to lock bufmgr partitions in pg_buffercache
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow <link
+ linkend="pgbuffercache"><application>pg_buffercache</></> to run
+ with fewer locks (Ivan Kartyshov)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This allows it be less disruptive when run on production systems.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-02-03 [e759854a0] pgstattuple: Add pgstathashindex.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add <function>pgstathashindex()</> function to <link
+ linkend="pgstattuple"><application>pgstattuple</></> to view hash
+ index statistics (Ashutosh Sharma)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
+ 2016-09-29 [fd321a1df] Remove superuser checks in pgstattuple
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Allow <link linkend="pgstattuple"><application>pgstattuple</></>
+ to use <command>GRANT</> permissions (Stephen Frost)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ This allows non-superusers to run these functions if permissions
+ allow.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2016-10-28 [d4b5d4cad] pgstattuple: Don't take heavyweight locks when examining
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Reduce locking when <link
+ linkend="pgstattuple"><application>pgstattuple</></> examines hash
+ indexes (Amit Kapila)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2017-03-17 [fef2bcdcb] pageinspect: Add page_checksum function
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add <function>page_checksum()</> function to <link
+ linkend="pageinspect"><application>pageinspect</></> (Tomas Vondra)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
+ 2017-02-02 [08bf6e529] pageinspect: Support hash indexes.
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add hash index support to <link
+ linkend="pageinspect"><application>pageinspect</></> (Jesper
+ Pedersen, Ashutosh Sharma)
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <!--
+ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
+ 2017-04-04 [193f5f9e9] pageinspect: Add bt_page_items function with bytea argum
+ -->
+ <para>
+ Add <link linkend="pageinspect"><application>pageinspect</></>
+ function <function>bt_page_items()</> to print page items from a
+ page image (Tomas Vondra)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Previously only block numbers were supported.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ </itemizedlist>
</sect3>
- </sect2>
+ </sect2>
</sect1>